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[sctp39]

Check out this vid on Instagram


Instagram: @omegawatches1

[joe100]

Anything above .005mSv/hr is really dangerous, and this is above that! It's at appx .0078mSv/hr

[pdoukas]

On phone, can someone provide a link. If no biggie will wait til I go home

[jyan212]

Originally Posted by pdoukas

On phone, can someone provide a link. If no biggie will wait til I go home

http://instagram.com/p/vUW1TnNvYM/

[pdoukas]

Thanks......pretty neat. I wonder what the true reading is?

[sctp39]

The watch belongs to a friend who is a radiologist. He has an ion chamber and will get the true reading!

[pdoukas]

Ooooo where at. I'm a CTO for a 60+ Rad group

[joe100]

I knew these things could be bad but I didn't realize they were THAT bad!

[QueueCumber]

Is this perhaps one of the 6542s that was recalled by Rolex in magazine advertisements due to radiation levels?

http://www.network54.com/Forum/20759...ctive+would+be...

http://www.network54.com/Forum/20759...as+...the+6542..

[joe100]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

Is this perhaps one of the 6542s that was recalled by Rolex in magazine advertisements due to radiation levels?

http://www.network54.com/Forum/20759...ctive+would+be...

I'm going to say yes. Ha!

[CrownMe]

What a great Gmt.thanks for sharing

[QueueCumber]

[QueueCumber]

Actually, it doesn't seem crazy abnormal. Here is my 1956 Rolex 6538 BC 4-line taken from the side is 5.64 microsieverts which amounts to .564 millirems (and .00564 millisieverts). It would be even higher if taken with the sensor on the crystal, perhaps closer to the 6542 measurements...

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...71701783_n.mp4

[QueueCumber]

Some comparisons at millisievert level (The original video appears to be almost .01 mSv/hr -- equivalent to an x-ray at the small radius directly in front of the watch crystal):

http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...e-levels-guide

Of course, no one wears the watch facing their skin, so it would mostly radiate outwards, but it may be a good reason not to wear your watch with the head on the wrist-side while having your hands in your lap! Unless you want refried beans...

[CrownMe]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

Some comparisons at millisievert level (The original video appears to be almost .01 mSv/hr -- equivalent to an x-ray at the small radius directly in front of the watch crystal):

http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...e-levels-guide

Of course, no one wears the watch facing their skin, so it would mostly radiate outwards, but it may be a good reason not to wear your watch with the head on the wrist-side while having your hands in your lap! Unless you want refried beans...

[pdoukas]

Guess it may be a bad idea for a young man who takes off his watch and places it in his pocket to protect it while working on a car engine or in my case in a server rack.

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by pdoukas

Guess it may be a bad idea for a young man who takes off his watch and places it in his pocket to protect it while working on a car engine or in my case in a server rack.

That depends on whether you want children with superhuman strength and two heads or not...

[southtexas]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

That depends on whether you want children with superhuman strength and two heads or not...

Trust me, you don't want kids with either of those traits.


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[joe100]

0.9mr/hr is:

[joe100]

I hope someone who does this for a living will come along shortly show me if I'm wrong.

I have a degree in science.... Aeronautical science... Not my fidle haha.

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by joe100

I hope someone who does this for a living will come along shortly show me if I'm wrong.

I have a degree in science.... Aeronautical science... Not my fidle haha.

The source of that information (a link) would be helpful. But, you also have to keep in mind that those numbers are referring to radiation from ALL directions at once everywhere bombarding your body from ALL directions, not to the very narrow directivity of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma particles emitted by lume on a watch in one direction. For instance, take a radiation meter and put it by a watch and see how high it measures, then move it a foot away. All of the radiation has dispersed and is gone. The chart you are showing refers to constant radiation levels in the environment I think, not a narrow stream from a small amount of radium. If you measure under the watch you will see that not much gets through and you have to place the sensor in particular spots above the crystal to get very high readings. Now that level of radiation hitting your body from all directions at once all the time, not gonna be good in the long term!

[joe100]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

The source of that information (a link) would be helpful. But, you also have to keep in mind that those numbers are referring to radiation from ALL directions at once everywhere bombarding your body from ALL directions, not to the very narrow directivity of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma particles emitted by lume on a watch in one direction. For instance, take a radiation meter and put it by a watch and see how high it measures, then move it a foot away. All of the radiation has dispersed and is gone. The chart you are showing refers to constant radiation levels in the environment I think, not a narrow stream from a small amount of radium. If you measure under the watch you will see that not much gets through and you have to place the sensor in particular spots above the crystal to get very high readings. Now that level of radiation hitting your body from all directions at once all the time, not gonna be good in the long term!

Right, that's what I figured. The chart came from a simplified version of the NRC chart I found. Regardless, having had cancer, I wouldn't want that thing on my wrist, no matter which way the radiation was emitting.

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by joe100

Right, that's what I figured. The chart came from a simplified version of the NRC chart I found. Regardless, having had cancer, I wouldn't want that thing on my wrist, no matter which way the radiation was emitting.

Well, you know, if you have cancer again, you can strap the watch to that area of the body and radiate the cancer to potentially kill it off. Not so different from radiation therapy that they use to target cancers today.

[sctp39]

Originally Posted by pdoukas

Ooooo where at. I'm a CTO for a 60+ Rad group

Virginia Hospital Center

[joe100]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

Well, you know, if you have cancer again, you can strap the watch to that area of the body and radiate the cancer to potentially kill it off. Not so different from radiation therapy that they use to target cancers today.

I didn't find that funny.

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by joe100

I didn't find that funny.

Oh well. It's true nonetheless...

[Welshwatchman]

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

Oh well. It's true nonetheless...

As long as you translate "true" to "just me talking through my a**".

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by Welshwatchman

As long as you translate "true" to "just me talking through my a**".

You are right about that.

I guess it would be more like X-ray level, which isn't too strong. They probably use a much narrower stream at much higher dosages in radiation therapy to hit the cancer hard and kill the cells quickly.

[joe100]

Originally Posted by Welshwatchman

As long as you translate "true" to "just me talking through my a**".

My thoughts exactly. I discovered the "ignore" feature this forum has early on and I've exercised it today.

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by joe100

My thoughts exactly. I discovered the "ignore" feature this forum has early on and I've exercised it today.

You and me both