Eterna with 970 movement

[rogart63]

Thinking of servicing this . But am a little afraid how the dial and hands are . Looks like radium in it worth state. Sure can be removed but how can i restore that black look. Numbers are probably radium to. 

[Chopin]

Here's what I would do...

Service the movement. Clean the case. Replace the crystal. Just lightly wipe/blow the dial. Perhaps use some solution but only if it won't bother the paint or the lume. Relume the hands. (you can achieve the same color by mixing lume substance with coloring substances; that's how they achieve "vintage" looking lume)

 

[Tudor]

Just be REALLY CAREFUL messing with radium. Put paper down on your work bench, wear gloves and a dust mask. That stuff is really evil, and unless you have a Geiger counter, you have no way of mowing just how dangerous it is. 

I sound like a Nancy but seriously: be very careful with it!

[jdm]

One brief exposure to the small amount of Radium from a single watch won't kill or hurt. Who died were the "radium girls", not the owners of the watches they produced.

[Tudor]

I am well aware of the stories. 

Ingesting it is one thing. Inhaling it is another. 

By all means throw caution to the wind...

[rogart63]

I have done a few radium hands before . I remove it by putting it on a tape. That way it won't fly around . But there is always  dust particules inside the watch. I will see what i do?