Alternatively, the modern phosphors such as Luminova will also glow permanently, and more brightly than zinc sulphide, when applied to old radium dials. He now supplies activated zinc sulphide for anyone who is a good painter or who can outsource the work. The newly applied zinc suphide glowed giving the dial its original look. Roland Ranfft to do a little experiment by painting zinc sulphide onto the non-glowing ancient dial numbers and hands. Citizen Eco Drive 8700 Calibre Stainless Steel Brown Dial Men's Watch BL8000-54X. But over the years this has been degraded by the radiation. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, calendar, alarm. It was the incorporated fluorescent zinc sulphide that glowed. Radium itself in the quantities used on dials does not glow. If you have a fine watch with a well preserved radium dial, such as my Longines cal 18.88Z, relax a little and realse that you are in no danger unless you eat the dial. But 'other girls' have died from tobacco. Last year I discovered (when the crown separated) that the stem had corroded and simply broke away. It is true that our 'radium girls' developed cancer as a result of unknowingly ingesting quantities of radium. Hi Friends, I have a Citizen Eco Drive CA4210-16E with a B620 movement. Citizen BL8120-52E Mens Watch Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Black Dial Perpetual Calendar Alarm Retail 475.00 Sale 261.05: Citizen BL8030-53L Mens Watch 8700 Calibre Perpetual Calendar Stainless Steel Blue Dial Retail 475.00 Sale 332.50: Citizen BL8010-00E Mens Watch 8700 Calibre Perpetual Calendar Strap Retail 350.00 Sale 245.
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