I was a little bit puzzled when I first read the specification of this watch. To me, it’s pretty common that nowadays, watches come with numbered dials and the hands having the “glow-in-dark” effect. Mostly all the “glow in dark” watches should carry some kind of chemical luminescences on the dial and hands, so it will be able to glow in the dark after being exposed for sometime to light. The Reactor Trident Never Dark Watch here shouldn’t be too far from the “glow in dark” group of watches. But its specialty is its “glow in dark” effect can last very much longer than any other ordinary watches i.e it still glows even though it’s been left in complete darkness for more than seven years.
The watch is incorporated with so-called “Never Dark” technology, which consists of two components for the glowing effect. The first is the phosphorescent pain on its dial and hands, which makes it shine brightly for several hours after exposure to light. And the second one works as a backup – a fainter tritium-filled tubes that keep the dial to glow at least for seven years. The Reactor Trident Never Dark Watch is specially designed to suit human eyes for the conditions of having to move from light to dark repeatedly. So its intense brightness makes it easily visible even though your eyes have not fully adjusted to the sudden change from light to dark. The Trident watches are available in either a solid titanium or marine-grade stainless steel finish and are waterproof to a depth of 200 meters. Depending on the finish you choose, the watch is priced in the range of $300-$450. Tritium is some kind of radioactive material, but the company insists that the watches are completely safe as they’re confident that the watches’ sealed glass tubes can completely trap those particles inside and the particles themselves aren’t strong enough to penetrate human skin .
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July 25th, 2007 at 5:43 am
unless the watch has some kind of lead casing; i don’t
put too much trust into it regarding “tubes” of radioactive material
regardless of ‘type’.
cool watch though.
December 12th, 2007 at 7:32 am
[...] is the glowsubstance that commonly found on watches that make the dial and the hands of a watch to glow. But most people are skeptical whether the tritium-filled watches will expose human body to any [...]
January 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
To the people that can’t even spell “science”:
Tritium is an alpha-particle emitter. Alphas are stopped by a piece of paper.
Scientist : can you even spell your name ?
January 25th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Actually, tritium is a beta particle emitter; an alpha particle is more massive than an atom of tritium. It’s safe.