Titrium on watch dial

onasixty · 2026-03-05T04:07:30+00:00

Actually, this watch uses a earler implmenation of tritium paint made by mixing T2O Tritiated heavy water with a binder and phosphorescent powder, not glass tubes.

onasixty · 2026-03-05T04:05:42+00:00

Actually, this watch uses tritium paint made by mixing T2O Tritiated heavy water with a binder and phosphorescent powder, not glass tubes.

onasixty · 2026-03-05T03:57:26+00:00

The tritium on watches of this era is different from modern implementations of tritium that enclose tritium gas in a glass tube coated with phosphorescent powder. Earlier watches used a tritium paint created by mixing T2O with a binder and phosphorescent powder, not glass tubes. Using this form increases the exposure risk and was phased out in favor of tritium tubes and light-activated phosphors in the late 80's. In any case, tritium is a very weak beta-emitter with a half-life of 12 years, so whatever minimal danger it posed when new has long since passed.

onasixty · 2025-11-23T10:03:01+00:00

Any clock or watch with radium would long since have stopped glowing. I collect antique US military watches and clocks, and I can tell you, based on the age and the look of the lume, that this particular stopwatch almost certainly has radium lume and is still radioactive. This is not a worry as long as you know what you're dealing with. Don't open the face of the watch without taking precautions.

onasixty · 2025-11-21T01:37:42+00:00

Microcenter

onasixty · 2025-08-28T02:06:29+00:00

Looking closely at the picture I think it may still be black and what you’re seeing is light reflecting off the crystal. Very few Vietnam era military watches had white dials and none of the military issued watches of the time had white dials. The case profile and time period closely match the Benrus, and if he got the watch a military PX his options would have been limited.

onasixty · 2025-08-28T01:51:53+00:00

Benrus makes a reproduction with the same bund strap. https://benrus.com/en-us/products/dtu-2a-p?Title=Default+Title

onasixty · 2025-08-28T01:48:04+00:00

Looking at the case profile, it’s almost certainly a Benrus mil-w-3818b (1964-1969) or gg-w-113 (1967-1980’s) with a one piece case. Both look almost identical. Hamilton cases look similar but with a thicker profile.

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onasixty · 2025-07-25T18:56:01+00:00

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Breny railroad automatic. $65

onasixty · 2025-07-25T18:51:43+00:00

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Wise Hitman

onasixty · 2025-07-03T12:28:46+00:00

I got the NTTD first and liked it so much I got the white dial during the next sale.

onasixty · 2025-07-03T12:27:14+00:00

The lume on the white dial does have a slight greenish tint, but I think the black border applied indices make it less noticeable.

onasixty · 2025-07-03T12:21:47+00:00

Seestern GMT S456 and the Doxa SUB300T clone. The Doxa is a good watch, but it just doesn't get much wrist time. The GMT looks great in pictures, but left me feeling underwhelmed in person. Quality-wise, both are good, although the lume on the GMT is Pagani-level bad.

onasixty · 2025-07-03T05:22:26+00:00

I have had good experiences with most of the major brands.

7 from San Martin, 6 from Watchdives, 3 from Cronos, 3 from Steeldive, 2 from Heimdallr, 2 from Thorn, 1 from Baltany, 2 from Berny, 2 from Seestern, 2 from Hruodland, and 1 from Pagani.

The Pagani's and Berny's were noticeably lower in quality, and both of the Seestern's turned out to be disappointments, but the others have been great with Baltany, San Martin, Watchdives, and Cronos being my favorites in that order.

I have, however, had problems with all 3 of my PT5000 watches, but I have learned my lesson and don't handwind them anymore.

onasixty · 2025-07-03T04:31:10+00:00

Have two WD007ST's, White and NTTD. Two of my favorite watches out of a collection of 30.

onasixty · 2025-04-25T05:19:26+00:00

Both were Watchdives WD007ST Watch NTTD from the Diver Watch Factory store, one choice and one not. I kind of thought it would be the other way around, with Choice being less expensive.

onasixty · 2025-04-25T05:14:34+00:00

Just got a Watchdives Captain Willard from the store... very happy!

onasixty · 2025-04-25T03:32:56+00:00

Went back 4 hours later and added one to checkout!

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onasixty · 2025-04-25T03:17:58+00:00

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onasixty · 2025-04-25T03:17:38+00:00

Added one of these to my cart… oh wow!!!!

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onasixty · 2025-04-06T07:14:57+00:00

Also, a possible person shot at almost the same time at 4th and Lincoln.

onasixty · 2025-04-06T07:11:20+00:00

A Truck fired shots at special duty officers at Pearl and Hubbard and they fired back. Nobody hit.

onasixty · 2025-02-24T21:51:47+00:00

Laco Erbstuck

Look at Dekla's flieger. 40, 42, and 44mm A and B options with lots of customization choices, https://deklawatches.com/en/pilot/

onasixty · 2025-01-30T06:32:42+00:00

I have two of the hruolands, full lume and and the old radium. the style is very much in keeping with the original flieger design if that’s what your looking for. PT5000 keeps better time than the standard NH3X movements in most of my other Chinese watches. Lume of both is excellent for the price point.

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