The only way a watch that s supposed to have a radium dial won t set off a geiger counter is if the dial is a couple of thousand years old in which case oh boy have you got a rare rolex on your.
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Radium dials are watch clock and other instrument dials painted with radioluminescent paint containing radium 226.
And we all know that such dials should pose little in the way of actual hazards as long as you don t make the mistake of opening up the watch and accidentally inhale a fragment of radium paint radium let s recall has a half life of about 1600 years so radium dial watches and clocks from the early part of the 20th century are still.
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He d have to scrape the radium paint off a lot of clock dials a la oliver wendell jones in bloom county to get enough to do anything serious with.
Radium dial production peaked in the first decade of the 20th century as radiation poisoning was then unknown.
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Radium is an alpha emitter and a hazard if ingested but antique dealers seem to feel that if you keep your clocks closed any dusy flaking off won t escape.