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Old 10 May 2008, 06:23 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Cujucuyo View Post
My Omega Speedy has T-Swiss Made-T and you have to be in a VERY, VERY dark place to even see the tiny markers glow. As for Radium, it has a sad story to it:

http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/radium.html

And it involves watches, go figure.
I can't imagine what it must have been like using Ra as a lume....horrific cancers and so on - plus the fact that if you restore old watches you are exposed to fine dust that you do NOT want to inhale!
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