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Old 27 July 2018, 09:32 AM   #1
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IWC Mark XII tritium disaster

Hello. Wound the watch then went to set the time and the tritium in the minute hand just fell out. Any advice on how to minimize the damage and safely get the watch to a service center? Thank you.

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Old 27 July 2018, 11:18 AM   #2
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1. Don’t move the hand. 2. Get the watch to IWC service ASAP.
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Old 27 July 2018, 11:21 AM   #3
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What do you want to do? Service with Luminova or repaint with matching tritium? IWC will replace with luminova but some place like hq milton can repaint the hand to match the patina.
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Old 27 July 2018, 09:13 PM   #4
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