r/Radium

Im not sure if any of you guys are aware of the materials consisting of older alarm clock models by the Japanese brand Rhythm, but I was just wondering if the 1970’s rhythm model 51111 space-age inspired contains any radium or other toxic based paints that makes the hands and internal clock face glow, as I cannot find many details about this online and have recently purchased one but I also don’t have a geiger counter. The paint on the clock hands and the internal face glows when i shine my phone torch up to it, is this radium or tritium paint?

Found this one for like 20$ on a online marketplace, immediately bought because of the model, and its Radium!! 🎉🎉 My first Radium clock ever!

Radium clocks are hard to find where i live because Brazil did not produce Radium clocks, so i am ecstatic ☺️

Thought it was going to be smaller because the price was so good but holy moly it's a huge gauge. Also had no clue it would glow orange. Second ww2 gauge. The first one that glows orange.

Got a compass in the mail today. It is a 1959 dated Waltham Lensatic military compass. The sticker is very nice and intact showing that it contains Ra 226. With my GQ GMC-800, it showed 6059 CPM. I was hoping for a higher reading but I am still very happy with the piece, especially with the sticker being in such good shape.

This clock was my grandfather's. He was a pilot in WW2, and this was his travel alarm clock. I have a photo of him from a tent billet somewhere in Africa with it by his bedside.

When he died I inherited it, and it was by my bedside in my teenage years. I liked that I could see the time in the night by the glow.

Little did I know why it glowed.

Please excuse the poor photo, taken with flash.