Citizen Bullhead radioactive?? ☢️😱 Need some help!
Hi, everybody! Recently bought one of these magnificent pieces (not this in the picture, but a similar one, which needs to be serviced due to a one pusher malfunction and a very damaged crystal). In my previous research, before buying it, I didn’t learn of an issue that really worries me: the possibility that this model is radioactive because of the use of promethium in the dial.
Before posting this, I’ve read articles, forums and papers about this matter. Apparently, the models that may contain the radioactive substance are those with the designation ‘P JAPAN P 8110’ on the dial; and the watches with de designation ‘JAPAN 8110’ would be free of this material. But I havent’t been able to confirm it by any source. My watch is into the last category (‘JAPAN 8110’).
Please, could you help me? I need to know if this information is correct. If it is, I will keep and service my fantastic watch. if it is radioactive, I will get rid of it as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance!
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We sometimes engage in discussions about radioactive materials here on WC such as radium and tritium, both of which were more common than promethium-147.
I have never read a story, a study, heard a legend or have otherwise learned of anyone dying, becoming ill, or suffering any noticeable health outcome as a result of radiation from watches since women stopped licking paint brushes a hundred years ago.
The radiation is unlikely to be able to penetrate the crystal, case, or your skin. You would think that there would be one example of someone with an adverse health effect who did not ingest the radioactive material.
(And this is where someone usually tells me I am wrong...)
Don't worry, it's perfectly fine, as long as you're wearing one of these:
The good news is, I hear radiation suits are coming back in style.
Don't worry, it's perfectly fine, as long as you're wearing one of these:
The good news is, I hear radiation suits are coming back in style.
We sometimes engage in discussions about radioactive materials here on WC such as radium and tritium, both of which were more common than promethium-147.
I have never read a story, a study, heard a legend or have otherwise learned of anyone dying, becoming ill, or suffering any noticeable health outcome as a result of radiation from watches since women stopped licking paint brushes a hundred years ago.
The radiation is unlikely to be able to penetrate the crystal, case, or your skin. You would think that there would be one example of someone with an adverse health effect who did not ingest the radioactive material.
(And this is where someone usually tells me I am wrong...)
Thanks for your comment. I know that the risk should be very low, but I can’t help worrying about it. Have you heard something about the codes (designations)?
Thanks for your comment. I know that the risk should be very low, but I can’t help worrying about it. Have you heard something about the codes (designations)?
Can't say that I have. I am not a Seikophile.
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I wrote to the official Citizen service in Spain, my country, and this is what they answered me (in case it helps): "We can assure you that Citizen has not sold and does not sell products with radioactivity. For many years some model has been called "radioactive", specifically the NY0040 series, because in the 70s a material was used for the luminous of the indices and needles in watches that had a material with a tiny amount of a material that people associated with a "radioactive" product, but it is a name given to fans, not because the watch was radioactive as such. If you put in an internet search engine "Radioactive Citizen" you will find that it is a popular name of an old diver.
We sometimes engage in discussions about radioactive materials here on WC such as radium and tritium, both of which were more common than promethium-147.
I have never read a story, a study, heard a legend or have otherwise learned of anyone dying, becoming ill, or suffering any noticeable health outcome as a result of radiation from watches since women stopped licking paint brushes a hundred years ago.
The radiation is unlikely to be able to penetrate the crystal, case, or your skin. You would think that there would be one example of someone with an adverse health effect who did not ingest the radioactive material.
(And this is where someone usually tells me I am wrong...)
I guess you're not wrong.
I guess you're not wrong.
I was wrong once....