#RADIUM DIAL WATCH KHOLS SERIES#

You have nothing to worry about unless you inhale lume dust or lick your dial. The risk posed by stable radium lume to the wearer is overblown. I can’t say when Longines did so but that does indeed look like radium dial lume to me. 1556 movement.The 18xx Day-Date was produced with a wide variety of dial colors and configurations. The change over for Omega was around 1962. Just some things to think about before you accept radium dials into your collection. Radium ((226)Ra) decays to the radioactive gas radon ((222)Rn), and atmospheric radon concentration measurements taken around a pocket watch in a small sealed glass sphere recorded 18,728Bqm(-3).

#RADIUM DIAL WATCH KHOLS SERIES#

1803A new era dawned for the Day-Date when the earliest references (65xx & 66xx) were replaced by the 18xx series in 1959, which contained the cal. Your body expects to have a certain amount of radium in your bones (radium behaves like calcium chemically), so it is hard to say whether this will increase your risk of cancer, or not. With exception of the most modern executions, the Day-Date comes exclusively in a 36mm case. And to top it off, it was only available in gold or platinum! Rolex also designed a new three-link bracelet, known as the ‘President,’ to pair with this special watch. The Day-Date was the first waterproof self-winding chronometer certified wristwatch with a day and date function. Rolex Day-DateIn 1956, Rolex introduced one the most iconic watches ever made: the Day-Date. So, I personally would not wear a radium dial watch 24/7 as it is close to the skin, constantly exposing with alpha, beta, and high energy gamma rays (so sticking radium hands in a typical lead box doesnt really do much), and the radiation level varies from watch to watch.

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