Does anyone have a guess as to the original colours of the various lumes (radium, tritium, etc)? I can't believe they were orange/brown, like the faux patina on the modern reproductions, nor would I think they have the slight greenish tint like the modern ones.

I guess we'll never really know unless some colour photographs surface that can show this. I'm curious, not just with Omegas, but Rolex and other brands too.

Anyone know?

 

https://omegaforums.net/threads/deb...red-lume-since-new.107400/page-5#post-1417249

Try this, interesting stuff!

 

Plenty of old catalog scans and pictures around the web.

 

Ah, perfect. That's the kind of thread I was hoping for, thanks.

 

No problems