One day he comes home finds one of his kids dead on the floor. This is like the guy who keeps poisonous pet snakes at his house for entertainment. Wonder what they would think of "Grandpa" and his precious clocks/watches. What if they found out some time after the death. Then saving that special radium watch/clock might cost the life of one of your descendants. Infact, I would dare say highly likely that given the length of time something like this can occur. Maybe he missed cleaning up some of the dust (considering he thinks it's just a normal dial) and next thing you know the kid has it in his sandwich. Cracking, spliting, little microscopic pieces flying everywhere. Not to mention all the dust that would flake off from repair actions. Not to forget about the airpborne particles. Probably by then all sorts of radium dust will spill out everywhere. Given a few decades more, eventually the dials will flake. Does he know the hazard? Maybe he has no clue. I can see some guy in distant future taking a stab at repairing one of these on his kitchen table. It's just that the stuff remains so potentially hazardous for such a long long period of time. I certainly do not think ebay-antique sstores or flea markets are putting the world at risk. ****That is a whole different barrel of apples!**** In the Radium girls story-they wet the tip of their brush in their mouth/lips with fresh radium paint on the brush. When they must be handled-do so with care and use a thourough hand washing exercise after.Īs I said in the watch thread you referred to-don't lick them-sniff them-or otherwise mis-handle them and they will not cause serious problems.Īs I also replied in the same thread-you would be surprised just what in your home and/or environment-will set a geiger counter off. They have some decay factors over the years and the watch crystal/case or the clock glass/crystal/case also lessens the harmful factors in one's everyday life. If handled with care there is no reason for them to be destroyed. This topic has been beaten- stomped-hashed and rehashed. Or check your watch on a night excursion of whatever type. Of corse they had Radium-that's how you could see what time it was in the middle of the night without turning on the light. ![]() Is there a way to clean these up safe? Or should they just be destroyed? How bout accidents? Some younger relative. ![]() Is it our duty to dispose of these clocks/watches? I suppose the older these get the more apt the radium is to fall of the dial and the hands. What about future generations that might do repairs on these items? I did have the common sense to vaccume and wipe down the table. Now, when I think about some of the things I have done, maybe some of the old alarm clocks (Westclock baby ben and others) are also radium dial. Long story short he finds bottom of bag with radium dust. I see someone won a bunch of watch parts from ebay.Īfter recieving them, he and his son (who was doing some study) borrow gieger counter from college. Reading a thread that is currently in watch catagory. What is the most common place to work on your clocks and/or watches? I thought this issue was restricted to military watches and there was some movement (after Radium girls) to recall those watches. I find now, that the old west clock alarms and others have radium.
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