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What a stunner. The cream and gold screams an gleams yo. That dial is minty and i would stare at it all day. "Do not operate heavy machinery while wearing this watch". Great video as always!
A great video on a beautiful watch. You have to love the vintage Omegas. The case turned out amazing. The watch is working great. Thanks for the video Matt
Would love to see the process of removing the radium from an old large number watch and reluming... although it might not be something you want to get into! another great video.
hah you won't see that with me. I would never remove radium from a dial. The most I have done is remove radium from hands under water so the dust does not fly and that was outside. The process would be exactly the same and some people really don't get hung up on it or don't care. Maybe I am to pedantic about it but I'm not taking chances. Tritium is different as the half life has well and truly past so no longer radioactive. Saying that though I still remove it with care.
Nice watch. I have a DeVille from 66 but it was damaged over the years. Belonged to my uncle. The crown was replaced with something generic. I need to source an omega replacement.
I just purchased a stainless semaster about 2 hours ago, I don't know much about it yet except it's time only. Perhaps I'll have time to open it up this week and have a good look. But I also purchased 3 pocket watches and an early wristwatch Saturday. The 18s south bend has some keyless issues and the KW waltham has a damaged hair spring and a missing the roller jewel as well as a few simpler issues.
Hilarious to randomly meet you through an online marketplace after having watched some of your videos. Thanks for the kind gesture and the advice. Having a look at your workplace did inspire me a bunch to get going with this insane hobby for the mentally unstable.
Hi Matt great video as always and loving the Omega sir your neighbour has great taste one thing though can you do a video on some watchmaking books for beginner tinkers like me and everyone who watches this channel that don't cost a small fortune if not can you put it on the community thing thanks mate Andy.
ALL TAMIYA products are fantastic, however they are reasonably expensive for what you get. I use their ultra thin cement. But I found out thst their airbrush thinner is the exact same chemical formula. So now I buy a bottle of that( at much more volume) and add a wee bit of acetone at about 50/50 percent. Then you get a lot more. If you doubt me then please look up the SDS, Used to be called MSDS on the bottle of Tamiya extra thin, I promise it is not rocket science. Try it.
Watch looks very great, Awesome work. I’m starting off as a beginner watch hobbyist, what years did radium was used in watches? I did pick up Geiger counter.
Thanks for watching 👍🏻👍🏻 I think (don’t quote me) that they outlawed it in the late 60’s and moved over to tritium which technically is still radioactive, although the half life of tritium is around 18 years where as radium is around 1600 years.
Women literally used to rub it into their cheeks to give themselves a nice glow 🤗 We all encounter radiation but it’s about the dose and of course more importantly when it comes to radium don’t ingest it (or rub on cheeks). Thanks for watching
Was just discussing the radium with you the other day. I have the a 1955 Seamaster that is almost the same watch but with beads of rice bracelet. What is your opinion of Alprosa watches?
👍🏽 where was this? The levels were pretty low on this one as the hands were 100% tritium. The lume plots on the dial were also very small and intact so with care its ok I believe. The older watches are the worst where they have big numbers all caked in radium etc. Plus mostly in terrible condition now all crumbing away into dust. Not a massive fan with Alprosa even though it has that Enicar connection.
