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Steampunk Jewelry Discovery: Radium wristwatch hands

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Uploaded by on Jan 8, 2009

A tiny wristwatch hand on a pair of my old steampunk earrings turns out to be giving off 10 times normal background radiation.

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  • hahaha i lick my radioactive stuff all the time

  • 10 times isnt to bad

  • Watch hands and faces were painted with radium, to make them glow in the dark, in the early 20th century. Google "radium girls." There is a thread on the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors website which addresses this issue -- basically, don't lick or eat the things, and you should be ok. But, if in doubt, don't work with hands and faces from the early 1900s.

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