Post by ABCThe price of Ball has gone up about 4 folds since I bought mine. They
will charge the price of my watch for its dial. Sigh...
ABC
On Mon, 30 May 2011 13:21:27 +1000, Frank Adam
Post by Frank AdamYour best shot is to contact Ball. I'd say it'll be a new dial.
Hopefully i'm wrong and they will sell(and/or fit) the tubes separately. Doubt
it though, dial parts tend to be a bit like aliens; They surely exist
somewhere, but nobody can find them.
having a look on google............
this from a another forum
Deep Blue watches w/ Tritium tubes, did not know that there where 2
kinds or Quality of Brightness,
quote from the watchgeek forum for info: very informative
"The upcoming Tritium Gas Vial watches are soon to be made available.
We see that there is some confusion about Tritium Gas Tubes, and feel it
should be clarified, so you know what to expect.
You have two types: T25 and T100. The numbers refer to the micron levels
and 100 is the brightest.
Good luck getting the T100 license. It is expensive, and let's just
say... not easy to get your hands on. This is what Ball uses, and it is
extremely bright. Now you know why Ball's Tritium is oddly brighter than
everyone else's Tritium...
T25 is what everyone else uses (like Luminox for example), and is what
Deep Blue will be using. The intent of standard Tritium gas tubes is to
give an even glow that doesn't go from crazy bright to dimmer and dimmer
throughout the night like regular lume paints do. They are made to
provide a CONSTANT, steady glow. So while they aren't insanely bright,
they do glow steadily. In complete darkness, they work the best...
you'll easily see the markings. In mixed light or low light, it'll take
a second for your eyes to focus."
this from someone putting new tubes in
http://www.npfk.org/gallery/thumbgen.exe?template=tritium/tritium.html
this on the diff with tritium and superluminova
http://www.abouttime.com/abouttime/ball-watch-tritium-tubes.page.html
and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium_illumination#Legal_issues
dAz