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28 February 2012, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Real Name: Nikos
Location: Florida
Watch: Rolex GMT 16750
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Lets see some radium glowing
Anybody got any shots of your radium watches glowing?
Here is 1 of mine In The Florida Sunshine  Charged next to a light source it doesn't last long but hey 50 years latter  
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28 February 2012, 01:47 PM
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This Ranchero.
  Actually it's a photoluminous compound in the mix that Omega was using in the '50s. But there's radium in there too: 
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28 February 2012, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Real Name: Pete
Location: Arizona
Watch: ing Duke bball
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Oh Nikos, I'm jealous !!
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29 February 2012, 01:09 AM
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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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from my understanding it's not the radium or tritium that glows, but rather the energy the radium or tritium puts off that excites the luminous compound that it is mixed with.
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