I know some of you folks make really cool jewelry - I put a Traser
watch up for auction on e-bay - the watch doesn't work (of course you
could fix it, it has a standard movement), but another cool use would
be to disassemble it and collect the small glass vials that are filled
with tritum and lined with a phosphor - they glow pretty brightly (you
can read by the light from the watch if you are fully dark adapted) and
so they ought to be useful in a jewelry application of some kind -
there are 16 total tubes in the watch (one for each hour positoin, one
on each hand, and one more on the rotating dial).

here's the link if you are interested (well, actually, here's the link
whether you are interested or not)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5050894444

If someone from the group here does get it, I'd love to see pictures of
what you do (unless you just fix it and use it, in which case I already
know what it looks like)

These are the greqat watches.
Mne does not work either but good quiaaty.\
Al

bill wrote:
I know some of you folks make really cool jewelry - I put a Traser
watch up for auction on e-bay - the watch doesn't work (of course you
could fix it, it has a standard movement), but another cool use would
be to disassemble it and collect the small glass vials that are filled
with tritum and lined with a phosphor - they glow pretty brightly (you
can read by the light from the watch if you are fully dark adapted) and
so they ought to be useful in a jewelry application of some kind -
there are 16 total tubes in the watch (one for each hour positoin, one
on each hand, and one more on the rotating dial).

here's the link if you are interested (well, actually, here's the link
whether you are interested or not)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5050894444

If someone from the group here does get it, I'd love to see pictures of
what you do (unless you just fix it and use it, in which case I already
know what it looks like)

"bill" wrote in message
ups.com...
I know some of you folks make really cool jewelry - I put a Traser
watch up for auction on e-bay - the watch doesn't work (of course you
could fix it, it has a standard movement)

Just out of curiosity, why doesn't it work? I thought these are supposed to
be rugged, high-quality timepieces. Did you acquire this new? How old is it?
Have you contacted the manufacturer about service?

bill wrote:
I know some of you folks make really cool jewelry - I put a Traser
watch up for auction on e-bay - the watch doesn't work (of course you
could fix it, it has a standard movement), but another cool use would
be to disassemble it and collect the small glass vials that are filled
with tritum and lined with a phosphor - they glow pretty brightly (you
can read by the light from the watch if you are fully dark adapted) and
so they ought to be useful in a jewelry application of some kind -
there are 16 total tubes in the watch (one for each hour positoin, one
on each hand, and one more on the rotating dial).

You should know that the Tritium decays fairly quickly. In a couple of
years, the loss of brightness will be quite noticable. I have a 15 year
old or so watch and the capsules are totally dark even after sitting in
total darkness for a half hour or more.

Jon

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:30:13 -0600, Jon Elson
wrote:

bill wrote:
I know some of you folks make really cool jewelry - I put a Traser
watch up for auction on e-bay - the watch doesn't work (of course you
could fix it, it has a standard movement), but another cool use would
be to disassemble it and collect the small glass vials that are filled
with tritum and lined with a phosphor - they glow pretty brightly (you
can read by the light from the watch if you are fully dark adapted) and
so they ought to be useful in a jewelry application of some kind -
there are 16 total tubes in the watch (one for each hour positoin, one
on each hand, and one more on the rotating dial).

You should know that the Tritium decays fairly quickly. In a couple of
years, the loss of brightness will be quite noticable. I have a 15 year
old or so watch and the capsules are totally dark even after sitting in
total darkness for a half hour or more.

Jon

I had a set of Tritium night sights installed on a handgun about 15yrs
ago, when I was playing deputy. They are totally dead now..went west
about 8-10 yrs after installation, with noticable fading after 5 yrs

Gunner


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I have another, newer one - mfgr gave me a big discount rather than fix
it - mecahnism is inop, you diagnose - brightness is less than a new
one, but it's still pretty bright- bought it at the IDEX show in 96 or
97