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Lume question - radium or tritium?

omega1994
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hi team!

A perennial question around these parts i'm sure, but I wanted to ask it as I have done my own research and can't figure out if tritium lume and radium lume can be visually differentiated. i do not have a geiger counter.

My feeling is the below watch is radium - the orange warm look on the hands gives that away. Is the lume on the indices original or a tritium relume? Huge thanks to all!

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padders
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That looks like radium to me. Another useful factor is that the earliest you see tritium on an Omega is ~1963. If the watch is before then, unless it's been modified it should have radium or nothing. The watch above should have radium and indeed looks like it does.
 
noelekal
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If you wear watches with the old fashioned radium illumination then your babies will be born naked!
 
gilb12
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Definetely Radium for me. To be sure use a geiger counter ☺️
 
omega1994
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Dsplash Dsplash
Radium too, and a very nice patinated watch btw!
Thank you! I’m a sucker for a crème brûlée dial
 
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