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9 February 2007, 01:07 AM | #1 |
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How Very Weird ...
I shined a light on my vintage rolex with bad lume , but when I took the light away the lume was very bright . I tried this on my other watches and the same happened. I shon a bedside table light because I could not see the time.
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9 February 2007, 01:10 AM | #2 |
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That's what the lume is designed to do. Absorb light when it's available to 'luminate' the dial and hands in the dark.
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You have a lot of shinning going on there!
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9 February 2007, 02:37 AM | #4 |
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I assume these have tritium markers since they are vintage? If so, I think the point you are making is that with tritium everyone talks about the 1/2-life and the lume fading over the years, which is true. However, my understanding is that the tritium is actually not what provides the glow, but only the energy to make the lume material that is there glow. So the lume material itself is still there, and can be "charged" using a bright light just like Luminova can.
The glow is probably not as bright as it was originally or as bright as a new Luminova or Super Luminova dial would be, but it's still there. |
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