Mmm...mmm Radium

[JBZ]

For your post-Thanksgiving reading pleasure.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex ... y-document

[HapaHapa]

Cool article. Thanks

[dnslater]

The photos in that article just makes me want a 39mm Tudor GMT all that much more.

[JBZ]

The photos in that article just makes me want a 39mm Tudor GMT all that much more.

I know! What's a little irradiation?

I did get a chance to see one IRL once. They are very cool looking.

[AtomicTom]

That really was something Jeff ! ..Definitely enjoyed reading it. Thank you !!!

[Henryj]

Interesting. I’m familiar with radium dial markers and hands, but this is about bezels. Were the Bakelite bezels supposed to be luminous?

[HapaHapa]

Another article

[HapaHapa]

The bakelite bezel had radium numerals.

[JBZ]

Cool additional information.

Personally, I’m gun shy about owning any watch that used radium, even if it’s just on the dial under the crystal. Plenty of folks say it’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, but I’m not sure I believe that.

[outtatime]

Cool additional information.

Personally, I’m gun shy about owning any watch that used radium, even if it’s just on the dial under the crystal. Plenty of folks say it’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, but I’m not sure I believe that.

I would not touch one with a 10-foot pole. Or whatever minimum safe distance is.

[Steve O.]

Have read about this before. Pretty interesting. Thanks for posting.

[Henryj]

The New York Times story raises more questions than it answers. I don’t recall strontium being a radium decay product, rays don’t “leak out”, and the physical symptoms could all be attributed to being a naval officer in Hong Kong.