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Rolessor82 · 20 December 2022, 09:10 PM

Hello everyone,

Could tritium "burn" or cause a certain patina around it? Saw this watch (Day-Date from 1996) with some curious white spots uneven around the lume plots.

We all know radium is much stronger and burns some dials (pictures posted also as examples) but could tritium cause this also? In 1996? Or could it be man-made?

Thank you!

Regards!!

Dan S · 20 December 2022, 10:45 PM

Not from radiation, but I have seen damage around tritium lume plots. Mainly on blue dials, though.

linesiders · 20 December 2022, 11:00 PM

Radium can burn but not tritium - that is something else in the application process

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Originally Posted by Dan S

Not from radiation, but I have seen damage around tritium lume plots. Mainly on blue dials, though.

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Rolessor82 · 20 December 2022, 11:47 PM

I see. Thought it could also burn. But it's clear is a lower radiation so it is out of the ecuation. Thank you!

njsteve · 21 December 2022, 06:31 AM

The one on the left looks like crystilized residue damage from a cyanoacrylate adhesive (superglue).

20 December 2022, 10:45 PM	#2
Dan S 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 5,935	Not from radiation, but I have seen damage around tritium lume plots. Mainly on blue dials, though. __________________ @oldwatchdan on IG

20 December 2022, 11:47 PM	#4
Rolessor82 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Caribbean Posts: 421	I see. Thought it could also burn. But it's clear is a lower radiation so it is out of the ecuation. Thank you!

21 December 2022, 06:31 AM	#5
njsteve "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2022 Location: New Jersey Posts: 78	The one on the left looks like crystilized residue damage from a cyanoacrylate adhesive (superglue).

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