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4 November 2024, 08:04 AM
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Real Name: Seth
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Day Date Tritium Glow - kind of surprised...
This past summer while at a AirBB the room I was sleeping in was completely black. I woke up randomly at 4AM and out of habit checked my wrist for the time. Surprisingly I could read the time on my L series 18238 Day Date. In that moment I was shocked the tritium was still glowing bright enough to read (although EXTREMELY faint).
I have since had the hands changed over to moder Luminova hands so I can still tell the time in the dark. I wish I could go back in time and see what a freshly painted Radium dial looked like in the dark on a GMT ca. 1965 Is anyone old enough to remember how bright the original Radium dials were? 
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4 November 2024, 11:10 PM
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Nice watch.
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5 November 2024, 12:12 AM
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Baller watch
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I guess no old fella’s on here remember the old glow dials? lol That’s cool. Just wish I had a Time Machine
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I never had a Rolex radium dial, but I had a Hamilton that lit up like it was battery operated.
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2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Valencia, CA
Watch: GMT Master 1675/3
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Beautiful watch! Although, you may want to wear that bracelet on the other wrist as it will scratch the crap out of your watch.
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