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Offline remontang

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Hi there, greetings to all
« on: January 31, 2013, 09:23:00 PM »
Hi, I am new to this forum and I need some help from senior members.
Why most rolex subs were marked SWISS MADE,  and some marked SWISS - T <25 ?
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Offline danny

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Re: Hi there, greetings to all
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 08:02:12 AM »
Hi remontang,
Welcome to Malaysia Watch Forum.

Back in the day Rolex, like most of the other watch manufacturers, used radioactive Tritium as the Luminescent material on the watch dials. These watches came with the T<25 designation on the dials.

After 1998 Rolex switched to the modern non radioactive Luminova to provide the night glow on the watch dials. Hence we no longer see T<25 label on contemporary Rolex timepieces.

Hope that answers your question.

 :Cheers:
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Offline remontang

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Re: Hi there, greetings to all
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2013, 08:04:50 PM »
Danny, thank you very much for your enlightened explanation.
Cheers!
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Offline veege

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Re: Hi there, greetings to all
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2013, 07:06:47 AM »
 i am the newbie here. cheer.. nice to meet u
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Offline dav-3873

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Re: Hi there, greetings to all
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 11:00:16 AM »
I believe that T<25 means the watch uses no more than 25 millicures of radioactive Tritium for its lume material, which is a very safe level...
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