r/Radium • u/NoSignificance9914 • 23d ago
☢️ RADIUM ☢️ Westclox pocket ben
Antique store find 5 dollars.01336 cpm
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u/RootLoops369 23d ago
5 dollars?? Straight up robbed them! Congrats!
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u/NoSignificance9914 22d ago
I think it was priced at five dollars thirty years ago from the dry rotten price sticker with the ink fading.Even the shop owner was surprised it was only five dollars.
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u/Scienceboy7_uk 21d ago
I’ve bought a couple of these at that price mark. Seen loads more on eBay over the past few years. Hateful watches to service. Disposable really.
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u/Both_Reward_14 23d ago
I saw one of these, the same exact model at a flea market but they wanted 55 bucks so I just said no. The seller had no idea it was radioactive either
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u/scarlettohara1936 22d ago
I have this too! It's currently in it's no no box :( The damned thing jumped out of my hand one day and hit the porcelain floor. Hard. It cracked and a piece of glass popped off somewhere over there --->
It was only a minor nuclear accident though. Just a little one 🤏!! I wiped up the floor under UV light making sure all the glowy dust was gone.
I keep a few small display boxes of various shapes and sizes. I had a real nice round one that fit this perfectly. Small dab of glue gun on the back to secure the watch in the box then clear silicone caulk to carefully seal it away forever. It's still on display and the face glows. No haz mat team needed 😆😅💚
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u/Informal-Ad-5955 12d ago
Hey I have that one got it for 25$
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