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Watch Dials - Radium, Elgin Watch Co
Reg. No: ST 039770
- Summary:
- 2 watch dials with radium paint, Elgin Watch Company, Elgin, Illinois, United States of America.
Luminous radium dials were first used from about 1910, and very popular in the 1920s and 1930s, until the hazards assoicated with radium became apparent. - Acquisition Information:
- Unknown from Unknown
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 4 cm (Diameter) |
More information
| Tagged with: | radium, watch components, watches |
| Themes this item is part of: | Horology Collection, Science & Measurement Collection |
| Primary Classification: | HOROLOGY |
| Secondary Classification: | Watches |
| Tertiary Classification: | components |
| Maker: | Elgin National Watch Co, Elgin, Illinois, United States of America |
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