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When you see the really dark yellow (almost tan) color on old watches, it's Tritium.

This is nonsense. Radium certainly can turn a dark yellow color as well.

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Mustard lume ...

When you see the really dark yellow (almost tan) color on old watches, it's Tritium.....

Well, you did make a rather positive statement. Maybe Tony was using a bit of humour (thus the italics).
 
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A watch stored away from days gone by that hardly saw the light of day ...

Mustard lume ...

When you see the really dark yellow (almost tan) color on old watches, it's Tritium.
This sentence implies that only Tritium turns dark yellow/tan. That is clearly not true.
However, nice watches. I & many others here share your love of the patina.
 
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i was talking about TRITIUM lume ... and yes I am aware that radium does discolor ... but the post is about TRITIUM and the MUSTARD YELLOW it turns into .... why take it in a ... NEGATIVE NOTE.... by saying ..... " THIS IS NONSENSE " ...... as oppose to sharing ur radium filled LUME watches and adding to the knowledge that might be shared with others ?

Michael (above) is correct. I was responding, perhaps a bit too sharply, to your clear implication that such colors were exclusively related to Tritium.
 
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the post was and is about the yellow on tritium lume alone ... even to the extent as to why i posted and said what i did in the initial response i gave TONY C. " i was talking about TRITIUM lume ... and yes I am aware that radium does discolor ... but the post is about TRITIUM and the MUSTARD YELLOW it turns into " ... apparently is not sufficient or is not clear enough ... in this light I have deleted the initial post as the thread has turned into a NEGATIVE instead of the JOY we all share that concern wrist watches ... my apologies to everyone for wasting ur time
 
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Now that socks.....
 
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Nice MUSTARD SOCKS !!! .... bit of advice if I may ? ... on the LOW LOW of course .... a shave perhaps ?

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Now that socks.....
 
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Not my legs, I never missed leg day 😉


( did shave my arm the other day )

A Tebori Tattoo
Paying a guy in Japan to stick these in my arm a few hundred times.

Outline done
 
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mmmmm ok then ..... I am sure u have great and well adhered too grooming habits ...

Not my legs, I never missed leg day 😉


( did shave my arm the other day )
 
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Now that socks.....

Andy you really shouldn’t wear that much tritium. It’s not safe
 
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So has the OP taken his ball home in a huff?
 
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Andy you really shouldn’t wear that much tritium. It’s not safe

And the lead paint on my cot and all my toys when I was young either it seems 😒
 
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That Tissot from Tony C is a beauty!
 
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Apparently I arrived too late to see the photos, or even understand the topic of the thread, except that it has something to do with tritium. 😒
 
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And the lead paint on my cot and all my toys when I was young either it seems 😒

Yes but those socks must be soaking in tritium. Take them off
 
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Well, that was a bit anticlimactic. 😉

I never promised you anything exciting, just to see the photos. 😉