This is my favorite watch channel. Amazing job on another fantastic video.
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!!
@watchnoerd5235 Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic and educational video, thank you!
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch 🙏🙌
@jamesgreig8796 Жыл бұрын
Another great video, very informative. Your channel is one of my favourite go to channels, when it comes to vinbtage watches. Great job, hope there are many more in the future.👍
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind words!! We definitely keep it going, don’t worry 😉
@comesignotus9888 Жыл бұрын
The danger of radium paint is not only in radon. It becomes fragile and in case of any attempts of the watch repair some "hot" particles fly around and can eventually land on or in human bodies. And while the luminous compound loses its useful qualities relatively quickly, making the owner wish to replace the paint, the radium itself has a half-life of 1600 years and is good to deliver the happiness to these fragile humans for centuries.
@MrSasa2311 ай бұрын
Good job as always!!! I am still exploring your channel, it is marvellous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@GoldammerVintageWatches11 ай бұрын
Thanks for your feedback and support man 😊🤝
@DonnyHooterHoot3 ай бұрын
I just got an old Ingersoll radiolite pocket watch from 1925. It's glow is gone but it is still very HOT on my Radiacode103 gamma ray spectrometer.
@DonnyHooterHoot3 ай бұрын
Yes, it was painted by the Radium girls.
@Mark-jy6xd Жыл бұрын
Radium has a half-life of 1600 years. That means that the old radium on your watch dial and in the hands doesn't glow anymore, but it's still radioactive. It emits two types of radiation; alpha radiation and gamma radiation.
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Good addition, thank you very much!
@kewintaylor70569 ай бұрын
Is it dangerous ,can we relume it?😂😂😂😂
@chasedavis23588 ай бұрын
Radium directly decays into radon, so if the radon is contained it’ll increase in radioactivity
@francoisvandensteene5444 Жыл бұрын
Great educational video with beautiful images! Following you on IG! 🙌
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! We’re glad to have you on board 🙏🙌🤝
@Halfmoon67 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video ! Many thanks !
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback, it’s much appreciated!
@jimludwig9471 Жыл бұрын
Great subject, thank you! Quite illuminating 😁 Tritium gas tubes are still used and quite fun as well
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Much thanks mate! Chromalight for the win :D
@HRM.H Жыл бұрын
I love tritium paint. Ages so gracefully
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Indeed, very warm and charming tones ✔️
@jamesgreig879611 ай бұрын
Just a question. You mention that tritium has a long half life, my understanding is that tritium’s half life is just over 12 years, not that long, but radium is 1600 years. Thanks for a really interesting channel. Kind Regards.
@GoldammerVintageWatches11 ай бұрын
Hey man, you’re right! Can you link me the the exact point in the video what you don’t understand?
@jamesgreig879610 ай бұрын
@@GoldammerVintageWatches Hi Felix, The point on your video is at 13.53, where you mention the half life of tritium. Also, a very interesting presentation at the Horological Society of New York. It is by Kathleen McGivney entitled Why I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Radium Watches. At point 39.00 she demonstrates the lume on radium, tritium and Superluminova dials. I found her presentation very fascinating and enlightening. Appologies, if you are aware of all this, you being very knowledgeable on vintage watches. Kind Regards
@KAFKUBA Жыл бұрын
Great video appreciate it
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
@favoritethings30657 ай бұрын
Another great video. As I showed in my Ranchero vs Railmaster part 2 video, my Omega Ranchero emits 5 microsieverts…I’m still not sure if this is safe or not. Not sure if it’s the Alpha or Gamma rays that are dominating, but I do get about 3 microsieverts from the caseback side.
@juslitor5 ай бұрын
thats a spicy watch, what i have seen topped out at around 2 microsieverts/h in gammas.
@donald198311 ай бұрын
Quick question - Is it normal to have the tritium glow differently on the hands compared with the glow on the indices assuming they are matching hands and indices? All are tritium but somehow the glow looks different on the hands.
@GoldammerVintageWatches11 ай бұрын
Normally the glow should look the same on hands and numerals, but often it looks different because the amount of material on hands and numerals is different. Sometimes there is more on the hands and so it looks brighter and stronger, or just on the numerals ;-)
@donald198311 ай бұрын
@@GoldammerVintageWatches that explains it. Thanks for responding
@c0ba1t4 ай бұрын
I have a radium compass and a scintillation gamma detector, which is way more sensitive than a geiger counter. I'm sorry, but I don't want something greater than half a million counts per minute close to me for a long time. That's what my detector reads from this compass. I also have a clock that gives 20,000 CPM from radium. On the other hand, my tritium watches barely give me anything above background radiation. Much safer.
@GoldammerVintageWatches4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this kind of measurement 🙏
@soumyabiswas9283 ай бұрын
Why did old watch companies use radium instead of phosphorous? Whereas phosphorus is much more readily available than radium or tritium.
@GoldammerVintageWatches3 ай бұрын
They simply didn’t know how dangerous this material was
@andrei2023 Жыл бұрын
Great video👏👏👏
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Жыл бұрын
Great and horrible history is the history of the radium.
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
The toothpaste… just wow.
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Жыл бұрын
Radium produces a mortal gas too. Kill softly. Radon.
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes15369 ай бұрын
I was killed by my wristwatch. I am resting in no peace.
@GoldammerVintageWatches9 ай бұрын
🤣
@TheAvalist9 ай бұрын
dein deutscher akzent ist beeindruckend. 🤣
@GoldammerVintageWatches9 ай бұрын
Den werd ich wohl auch nicht mehr los 🤣
@LavenderValley777Ай бұрын
Hi I'm from India. Can you help me with this.. I bought a Bible Verse picture which is framed in glass and it glows in darkness... Will that emit radioactivity???..
@GoldammerVintageWatchesАй бұрын
Which year is it dated? If it is from the 20s to 50s it’s possible but I don’t think so. Just buy a Geiger counter on Amazon to be on the safe side :)
@LavenderValley777Ай бұрын
@@GoldammerVintageWatches I bought it in 2023 from a local store.. it's just a recent manufacturing.. new one..
@LavenderValley777Ай бұрын
@@GoldammerVintageWatches and the thing is. The image I bought is 800 rupees. And this Geiger is 7000+ rupees... 😅 So it's 7 tyms higher investment..
@alexanderkaiser87709 ай бұрын
2:05 Für ein strahlendes Lächeln 😂
@GoldammerVintageWatches9 ай бұрын
🙈
@Hororgaming3442 ай бұрын
Hallo fllix😁
@GoldammerVintageWatches2 ай бұрын
Hey hoooo 😃
@lipinglin1994 Жыл бұрын
Best is to not get one.
@GoldammerVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
It’s up to you but there is no reason to be afraid. 😊🤝
@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Жыл бұрын
@@GoldammerVintageWatches Wonderful and correct answer. At Your Own Risk (A.Y.O.R.).