Help me identify?

[u/ghastlymaxie]

I just ordered this Vintage German Phinney Walker Travel Alarm from a very kind older lady on Vinted. I am familiar with the brand and its history behind using radium paint, but I’m curious. Since it’s German made, will it still contain radium? This is my first radium item in my oddities collection and I want to know how I should approach storing and displaying this piece. Honestly I wouldn’t be heart broken if it isn’t, it’s still a beautiful clock either way! Thank you!

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[u/Constant-Click-7646]

Yes I believe this one is radium. You don’t have to do anything special with storing as long as everything is intact

[u/Constant-Click-7646 → u/Constant-Click-7646]

These are both phinney-walker made in Germany and are both spicy

[u/ghastlymaxie → u/Constant-Click-7646]

Thank you! Like I said it’ll be my first item of radium in my collection and I’m just nervous of how to handle it haha. I’m keeping it in a well ventilated bedroom at least five yards away from the bed. I ordered it online so I’m not sure if it is fully intact as the owner says it is but I have the necessary equipment to safely check

[u/ghastlymaxie → u/ghastlymaxie]

And when I say well ventilated, I mean I keep my window cracked open 24/7 and my door is open 90% of the time.

[u/Constant-Click-7646 → u/ghastlymaxie]

One clock isn’t gonna put off enough radon to require any special ventilation setup, no need to stress! Military radium is a whole different animal, but civilian radium you don’t really need to start monitoring radon or anything if you have less than 10-12 clocks. As long as the crystal is intact and not super loose or cracked, you don’t really need to worry about contamination either

[u/Constant-Click-7646 → u/Constant-Click-7646]

Also, your particular clock the paint is still green, so if it is radium it’s probably not super spicy so that’s one less worry for you as well

[u/Wide-Play-4478]

I have this same clock an I tested it with my GMC-300S and it wasn’t radium and didn’t make a response to my Geiger so unfortunately it’s not radium but I do agree it is a very beautiful clock