Let's see your watch.

[bigbean]

That's absolutely beautiful.

I got it on Ebay for $85.00. I had bought the watch tips first. My idea was to have one watch that would look good with a dress shirt. Total investment including the Spieldel twist o flex I had to, ah............ modify was about $200.00

 

[Blackmore Fan]

I got it on Ebay for $85.00. I had bought the watch tips first. My idea was to have one watch that would look good with a dress shirt. Total investment including the Spieldel twist o flex I had to, ah............ modify was about $200.00

You did great!

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Lets see what happens to these workers in 25 years.

Er, we know more about the types of radiation, risks and exposure levels today. You can't compare tritium to radium. You get more radiation from eating a Brazil nut.

 

[Jim622]

Er, we know more about the types of radiation, risks and exposure levels today. You can't compare tritium to radium. You get more radiation from eating a Brazil nut.

Maybe, radium was harmless also

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Maybe, radium was harmless also

Yes, the early 20th century is not today.

At the beginning of the 20th century radiation was a wonder drug. People bought and drank radioactive water! Someone's jaw fell off from this.

A lot of the exposure of the girls who painted the radium on the watch dials could have been avoided. They mixed the radium powder into paint in poorly ventilated workshops. Radium dust hung in the air. The girls were called "ghost girls" because they glowed in the dark! One painted her teeth with radium paint as a joke. They had no idea. They were even trained to "point" their brushes with their mouths.

Today, the only company I know that manufactures tritium tubes for watches is the Swiss firm mb-microtec ag. Are you going to tell me shenanigans are happening at that Swiss firm, in 2021? Tritium doesn't release the same radiation as radium and it's a gas, not a powder. The body thinks radium is calcium and stores it in your bones. Even if tritium gas escapes, you're not going to ingest it, short of swallowing a watch.

Feel free to reply "there are things we don't know" while I enjoy my tritium watch, and moderate my Brazil nut intake.

 

[Tonetele]

Why? Are you kind of a snob?

 

[bigbean]

Yes, the early 20th century is not today.

The body thinks radium is calcium and stores it in your bones. Even if tritium gas escapes, you're not going to ingest it, short of swallowing a watch.

Feel free to reply "there are things we don't know" while I enjoy my tritium watch, and moderate my Brazil nut intake.

Don't swallow your watch is I think printed in all watch instruction sheets.

I have found it to be good advice and I caution all of my friends against the practice of wrist watch alimentation.


Even Christopher Walken sought other solutions for wrist watch / body interaction:

 

[JL_LI]

Went out to dinner in NYC last night and wore this one.

I haven’t worn it in a while. I don’t think I changed the date.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Don't swallow your watch is I think printed in all watch instruction sheets.

I have found it to be good advice and I caution all of my friends against the practice of wrist watch alimentation.


Even Christopher Walken sought other solutions for wrist watch / body interaction:

That's why I didn't want to get this watch.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

I guess it's either something you're used to or not, because I hate wearing watches.

 

[BluesGuitarMart]

I only wear quartz now, I can’t stand inaccurate watches as to me that’s the same as wearing no watch at all. Currently I’m wearing a Trenton Watch Company quartz which is really just a Swiss made Ingersoll. Nice watch though, I’m very happy with it.

 

[Lefty138]

Collection of cheap and cheerful quartz. Timex for when I need/want the day/date function. Bertucci has a "glow" case. One Eleven is solar. Monty Python for the most casual of functions.

 

[bigbean]

I only wear quartz now, I can’t stand inaccurate watches as to me that’s the same as wearing no watch at all. Currently I’m wearing a Trenton Watch Company quartz which is really just a Swiss made Ingersoll. Nice watch though, I’m very happy with it.

I have a Casio light charging, WWV radio setting, always running, accuracy unquestioned chrome watch.
I almost never wear it except for travel. It is zero fun and totally ordinary looking.
For me, if I want the accurate time it's on any browser at time.gov

Part of watches for me is a reasonable level of accuracy and an acceptable piece of men's jewelry.

But whatever butters your bread. Big watch, no watch, steam powered or wood fired watch, it's cool.

I went ten years without wearing a watch, 'cause cell phones.

Then for whatever reason watches became fun to me.

That could change.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

I have a Casio light charging, WWV radio setting, always running, accuracy unquestioned chrome watch.
I almost never wear it except for travel. It is zero fun and totally ordinary looking.
For me, if I want the accurate time it's on any browser at time.gov
.

For a while I was thinking about getting a multiband 6 watch but then I realised you could get the same accuracy from a smart watch.

 

[BluesGuitarMart]

I have a Casio light charging, WWV radio setting, always running, accuracy unquestioned chrome watch.
I almost never wear it except for travel. It is zero fun and totally ordinary looking.
For me, if I want the accurate time it's on any browser at time.gov

Part of watches for me is a reasonable level of accuracy and an acceptable piece of men's jewelry.

But whatever butters your bread. Big watch, no watch, steam powered or wood fired watch, it's cool.

I went ten years without wearing a watch, 'cause cell phones.

Then for whatever reason watches became fun to me.

That could change.

Totally agree, it’s really a horses for courses situation. Some would rather have a boring but accurate watch, others prefer a tiny little intricate machine on their wrist and don’t mind the inaccuracy.

The other reason quartz suits me is that I rotate watches often and like just being able to grab and go rather than having to set the time each wear, or use a watch winder. For people with a one or two watch collection though it’s not an issue.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

I can't help you with the rectangular spec, but radium has been replaced with tritium, a hydrogen isotope. Luminous paint has its glow fade after exposure to light. Tritium doesn't. Some brands that use tritium gas tubes (tube watches!) are Bertucci: https://www.bertucciwatches.com/Bertucci/WATCHES.html

Nite watches: https://www.nitewatches.com/us/store

Traser watches (made by the Swiss company that makes the tubes for everyone else): https://www.traser.com/en/

Armourlite: https://www.armourlite.com/

Ball (spendy!): https://www.ballwatch.com/global/en/home.html

Tritium is a radioactive isotope, and like other lumes it has a finite lifespan.

Non-radioactive lumes are used in watches. They're less bright than radioactive lumes, and have branded names. Super Luminova is a popular one.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Tritium is a radioactive isotope, and like other lumes it has a finite lifespan.

So do I.

 

[Mark E Rhodes]

I never thought I would stop wearing a watch but I have. Needed to replace a band and didnt for one week and then another and now I just keep my phone handy---it now only tells me the time, it has a stopwatch and a timer and a metronome. Maybe I'll get a pocket watch---I'm retired now and kinda always wanted a pocket watch, though I have no real need for one.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

My youngest has several watches - but the one he wears all the time is the G-Shock his girlfriend gave him (smart man). He has made noises about taking some course in watch repair - says there's a demand for people with those skills, and that it's becoming a "lost art" (or as Cartman says, "real guitars are for old people"). He's also interested in becoming a court stenographer for the same reason (they were using voice recorders, but found that produced some ambiguities, so back to typing). He has an associate's in law enforcement (no, he doesn't want to be a cop), and he is looking toward a career in some facet of the law. The kind of young man who, once he finds his "true north," will doubtless be unstoppable ... it's just the agonizing waiting for him to find that direction that makes Dad nervous. Pray for both of us ...

I myself have a perfectly good 20-year-old Seiko titanium chronograph, which lives in my gun safe because everything I own has a digital clock embedded in it. The only time I see it is to set it for daylight savings time twice a year.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

At the ripe old age of 61 I have never been able to stand wearing a watch. Or necklace, ring, earring, etc. Stuff just hanging on me bugs me to death

My wedding ring resides in my wife's jewelry box. Broke a bone in my hand that connects to the ring finger during a kung fu sparring match 15 years ago (Confucius say never block kick with hand), and my finger swelled up and when I finally got the ring off, I told her she could archive it for me. Besides, at my age, if a woman gave me the time of day it'd be like a dog chasing a car - wouldn't know what to do with it if I caught it.

Once in a while I wear a big belt buckle (if I'm not playing) just to make the pilgrims from the coast nervous. But that's about it.