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Radium watch dial, Timex

All my radium watches have been disposed of properly. This is demonstration of the radioactivity from a radium-containing 1950's Timex watch dial, using Geiger counter.  
 
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comanderkuddles (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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jesus fucking christ how did peoples hands not fall offafter waring that for more than 10 inutes
paulwes1983 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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That's pretty scary cause that's a pretty high wave count. I can't believe people used to wear those on their wrists all the time.
nepssis (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I can't believe that it's so radioactive!
kataklysm696 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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From 1925 to 1935 Ra-227 was used widespreaded in a lot of actions. People had no idea about the toxic from ionisation radiation. So here in germany people spend their holidays in swimmingpools filled with Radiumwater (not Radon..really Radium)!!! In USA people could buy a water named RADIOTHOR in Drugstors. Google after that...you can`t believed it. A lot of people suffered from death
ELFHUNTER50 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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u can make a nuclear reactor if u dip the time needles in some water and it glows in the dark !! =)
tommyvine (3 months ago) Show Hide
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where did you get that geiger counter
ethen24 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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I sleep with my watch on, but I wouldn't want to sleep with that watch!
I wouldn't even want to be near it! lol
mnpd007 (5 months ago) Show Hide
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Tritium is the safe substitute, but has a 7 year half-life, unlike Radium's 1500 years.  So, your tritium dials will die out out soon. If you've had a Tritium watch for a few years, you've probably already noticed that it no longer glows.

People who wore Radium painted watches sometimes received inexplicable skin burns. The girls who painted Radium on the dials and hands at the old watch factories would wet the brush tips with their mouths. And, they died later of radiation sickness.
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Yep, the end was scary was'nt it? Amazing how ignorent we were and still are. Do you know that gun night sights are painted with radioactive paint (like Triji)? They have'nt found anything that glows in the dark better, without the need for light to recharge.
der1lowen (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Yep, that is scary is'nt it? How ignorent we were, and still are. Do you know that gun sights that glow in the dark (like Trijicon) are also painted with radioactive paint? They have'nt found anything that glows in the dark better. Go figure.

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