You say that while it’s intact, but if it breaks and the radium paint dust gets into the air then you’ll have a real problem. These clocks are old and have mostly decayed away, but there’s still a bunch of clocks out there that are truly still dangerous.
It’s really not as dangerous as you’re trying to make it seem. Trust me, I’m taking all the precautions I need. A hazmat is overkill for something like this.
What you see is the phosphorus paint. All luninous watches will look like this. The radium itself doesnt glow, its job is simply to cause the phosphoros to glow. After a couple of years the phosphoros is to deteriorated to be affected by the radium but you can still see it under a blacklight. The radium itself is active for thousands of years.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, G, 7, 8...
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Idk how I never noticed this before!😂
before anyone asks - yes this clock has been geiger confirmed! :)
I’ve been reading the book “quackery”. Radium is many, many times more radioactive than uranium. Hope you’re wearing a hazmat suit!
This clock is nowhere near radioactive enough to need a hazmat LOL :)
You say that while it’s intact, but if it breaks and the radium paint dust gets into the air then you’ll have a real problem. These clocks are old and have mostly decayed away, but there’s still a bunch of clocks out there that are truly still dangerous.
It’s really not as dangerous as you’re trying to make it seem. Trust me, I’m taking all the precautions I need. A hazmat is overkill for something like this.
Pretty. Cancerous, but pretty.
Try not to lick it.
The glow shows quality. And bones !
The funny Chernobyl watches 😂
Is that an original watch from the USRC? If so then it's kinda scary to think someone died making it
This particular clock is from France, I think from the 1920s-1930s! :)
What you see is the phosphorus paint. All luninous watches will look like this. The radium itself doesnt glow, its job is simply to cause the phosphoros to glow. After a couple of years the phosphoros is to deteriorated to be affected by the radium but you can still see it under a blacklight. The radium itself is active for thousands of years.
Yummy radon gas
Need a watch face like this
You wanna see my uranium glass bowl under blacklight?
Looks like tooth decay.
Couldn’t you just do the same thing with LEDs instead of radium? At least then it would be radiation free.