There is a fungus growing in the inner parts of the Chernobyl reactor site and it is using the radiation as an energy source. So, if fungi can handle Chernobyl, tritium in a watch is a breeze!

 

Interesting Idea. I wonder if there is enough material there for them to figure it out.

Maybe it was growth of another mineral in the tritium compound (sulfur maybe). Same way Bismuth grows in a lab.

 

Ah man, like the Simpsons episode where Lisa grows a small city on an old tooth.

But I bet it was nearly the same stuff. That is so crazy.

 

I think it is crystal formation. The watch is trying to morph into a quartz...

 

I lived in San Francisco for a couple years. I had a few pairs of leather soled shoes in my closet grow mold on the bottoms in a matter of weeks. Freaked me out!

 

Gonna sell it on ebay as a quartz prototype. Thanks for the money making ideas!

 

Sell it to Hondinkee as the 666 that made it into the depths!

 

I feel a new Marvel series coming along.

 

Jesus. nature, you scary.

 

Let's not forget: the original Freaky Friday with Jodie Foster is exponentially better than the remake

 

Nice work JW, you just gave Corum an idea for their next dial

 

IMO looks more crystalline than fungal...
but you should still coin the term "lume plume" or "lume bloom".

 

You guys are just making the next Hodinkee article write itself. Save some of this literary fluff for their writers!

But damnit if that's not clever. Full credit to you when this trend takes off.

 

I know how this movie ends.

kill it with fire.

 

Take off and nuke it from orbit.

It’s the only way to be sure.

 

You guys are just jealous that you don't have a movie-rights worthy watch sitting on your bench.

Now then, what's the over-under on how long until I grow a new arm...

 

Take a small sample and place it under a microscope. Fungi have distinctive features when viewed under the scope.

 

It is growing on radioactive material, nuking might just accelerate the growth….

 

Good idea. I’ll put the dial in some water and see if anything “happens”.