Syringe hands. Yay or nay

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I just bought a non running 1944 Omega 30T2. It has radium filled syringe hands. Typically I don't worry about the luminous falling out but seems like they are way closer on the hand to the center versus other hand types. I'm scared that it could fall out while being removed during service. Does anyone else have the same worry? Does anyone avoid syringe hands for this reason?
 
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Love me some radium syringe hands.
The hands on this Timecraft have been off twice during my ownership for service.

Yes there is a small chunk missing (will have that filled and stabilized if it goes back again) but it’s still holding strong.

Any time you have a large expanse of lume it runs a potentially greater risk of getting brittle and breaking when stressed (like removing hands for service). But any hand style runs the same risk- even in much newer watches.
If the concern is that of safety, whomever is performing the work should have expertise working with radium dials/hands and know the precautions that are needed to work with it.
 
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By my avatar, you can see it doesn't bother me. They still glow, if only faintly.
 
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Yay 👍



The first does not belong to me anymore. Was a nice 2374.
Ooh like crispy burn on the edges interesting. Poor girls who made it probably not happy back then
 
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Love me some radium syringe hands.
The hands on this Timecraft have been off twice during my ownership for service.

Yes there is a small chunk missing (will have that filled and stabilized if it goes back again) but it’s still holding strong.

Any time you have a large expanse of lume it runs a potentially greater risk of getting brittle and breaking when stressed (like removing hands for service). But any hand style runs the same risk- even in much newer watches.
If the concern is that of safety, whomever is performing the work should have expertise working with radium dials/hands and know the precautions that are needed to work with it.

Hmmm thanks for answering. I guess there will always be that risk and I'll just have to make the decision.
 
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Hmmm thanks for answering. I guess there will always be that risk and I'll just have to make the decision.
I do the same thing crossing the street so don’t overthink it
 
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Hmmm thanks for answering. I guess there will always be that risk and I'll just have to make the decision.
I’ve had crumbled lumed hands relumed to match, so we run the risk anytime a watch has to be worked on. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how careful a watchmaker is, you have to apply pressure to get the hands off, so we roll the dice with vintage pieces.
 
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I think the risk is the same regardless of the hands, but maybe the geometry of the lume inserts has an effect (why e.g. 2998 lollipops are more prone to lume loss).

here some syringe hands …

 
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I think the risk is the same regardless of the hands, but maybe the geometry of the lume inserts has an effect (why e.g. 2998 lollipops are more prone to lume loss).

here some syringe hands …


I totally agree that hands with large open lume areas (lollipop, broad arrow) are at greater risk.