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Isobrite T100 Tritium Valor Watch Kit

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Isobrite T100 Tritium Valor Watch Kit

hyperchord24

Feb 12, 2017

Just what we need. Another oversized, quartz diver whose major selling point is the lume.

Arker_1

Feb 13, 2017

hyperchord24...ok then? Just because the mechanism running the watch has quartz in it, doesn't mean that quartz has much to actually do with the lighting...in fact, the lighting part of the watch is, as mentioned in the title, Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that produces light. The watch itself is very high quality, with the tritium lighting, sapphire glass, water resistance up to 200 meters, and made of stainless steel + carbon fiber. Plus the watch itself. We wouldn't want to forget that of course.

Arker_1

Feb 13, 2017

Arker_1Although I gotta say, that compass looks like one of those cheap ass things that backpack companies slap onto a child's school backpack, so the kid can stare at a nonfunctional piece of plastic floating in oil.

SkipPe

189

Feb 15, 2017

Arker_1I agree with you, but tritium does not produce visible light. It is placed in a lum-covered tube, and when the radiation hits the lum, then the lum produces visible light. Radium actually produced bright, visible light, but our obsession with safety ended that one.

YourEyesWillBleed

Feb 17, 2017

SkipPeObsession with safety?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

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SkipPe

189

Feb 17, 2017

YourEyesWillBleedSo you do it in Central America where such jobs would be appreciated (beats gang-banging). I have done some work in China, and I can tell you that far crazier actions are currently being done without the glory of radium luminescence.