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Jdm
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Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 04:40 pm:   
Hi All,

Were the bezel, triangle cutouts on the original Deep Sea Alarm lum-ed? Tritium?

Thanks! J
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Zaf
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Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 - 11:24 am:   
It would be very unusual for tritium to have been used prior to 1962-64. It was an exotic material before then limited to military applications. If anything, it's radium.
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Jdm
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Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 08:26 am:   
Thanks Zaf.

You say "if anything".

To be clear, they were luminous? (regardless of material)
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Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 10:26 am:   
I don't think they were luminous. Just a tan paint. The dial would have had radium. Maybe someone would like to test theirs in a closet. I don't own one.