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Re: Tritium?

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Probably not pure tritium, but bound in a complex and made into a paste or paint that they put on the hands. The sights use gas so you can see through it.

-Jack

: The following site,
: http://www.chronocentric.com/omega/technical.shtml#glow,
: states that "Omega used phosphorescent
: material excited by tritium" in the
: hour markers and in the hands up to 1997. It
: further states "tritium is a mildly
: radioactive material that is added to the
: paint to continually excite the phosphors in
: the paint, causing it to glow all the
: time." But Tritium is a gas. Tritium is
: used in such things as firearms sights and
: in other watches but in all those cases, the
: Tritium is contained in miniature glass
: vials and then the sealed vials are placed
: in the firearms sights or in the face of
: other watches. BTW, these Tritium vials glow
: like a torch! So what I'd like to know is
: how did Omega contain the Tritium gas they
: use?

: rambo

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