blubarb
··I might rise, but I refuse to shine.Hi all, looking for your opinion as to this handset. I am pretty certain that the dial hour plots are depleted tritium but not sure about the hands.
MWO notes that "after around ten minutes in darkness the luminova is still emitting strong light, while the tritium fades as quickly as it appeared. Its Zinc Sulphide pigment will only give light for a few minutes in the absence of enough radioactive power...After about 25 minutes, there is no sign of light from the tritium dials" I am assuming this to be similar for the tritium handsets.
With that in mind, can I get some views and opinions as to these hands being possibly original to the watch, pre 1998 replacement hands or later Lumina hands.
Thanks in advance.
This is a 1min 45sec video that hopefully helps - sorry for the poor video and not sure why it drops in and out of focus like that, probably to do with the light changing.
https://youtu.be/Wz0nA7biqjc
MWO notes that "after around ten minutes in darkness the luminova is still emitting strong light, while the tritium fades as quickly as it appeared. Its Zinc Sulphide pigment will only give light for a few minutes in the absence of enough radioactive power...After about 25 minutes, there is no sign of light from the tritium dials" I am assuming this to be similar for the tritium handsets.
With that in mind, can I get some views and opinions as to these hands being possibly original to the watch, pre 1998 replacement hands or later Lumina hands.
Thanks in advance.
This is a 1min 45sec video that hopefully helps - sorry for the poor video and not sure why it drops in and out of focus like that, probably to do with the light changing.
https://youtu.be/Wz0nA7biqjc