Many watches use tritium to illuminate watch hands and markers, making them visible in the dark. Tritium is a radioactive isotope, so there have been some concerns as to it's safety. Indeed, watchmakers working with the material are required to do so with special workbenches that are equipped with a vacuum hood to remove small radioactive particles and harmful vapors. Once they are placed inside the watch, however, they pose no further threat to either the assembler or the wearer. Studies have backed this industry claim up.
Despite studies that show that radiation exposure from a watch with tritium is negligible, fear from potential buyers has led some watchmakers to introduce new materials, such as LumiNova and LumiBrite. While meeting minimum standards for visibility these materials do not last as long as tritium and also require longer charging periods.
Nice watch! But its not true that all glow in the dark watches are radioactive.
Yes, just tritium watches. That’s the material in question, which is why some materials, without any radioactive isotopes, like LumiNova and LumiBrite, have been introduced.
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Wow, I never knew that glow in the dark watches were powered by a radioactive isotope. I guess if they were harmful that would really ruin sales.
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At the end of the day these watches are going to be 100% safe. I do like the watches with this night glow feature.
From what I understand, all items that glow in the dark are radioactive, whether they are watches or small toys. However, none of these pose a threat to the health of the user as most of them contain such small amounts of the Tritium. You get more radiation from your cell phone than your watch!