[zabzonk]

Oh, I don't know. I quite like radioactivity. My Dad (RAF bomber pilot) had a pilots watch with radium luminous dials. I always fancied getting it after his death, about 12 years ago, but nobody could find it - my brothers denied all knowledge, and I have absolutely no reason to doubt them. So it must be somewhere irradiating the roaches that will become our inevitable successors.

[caseyohara]

There are still contemporary watches that use radioactive isotopes like tritium for illumination. I’ve always wanted a watch with always-on lume.

Here is a good example, the Marathon GSAR. You can see the radioactive symbol on the dial.

https://www.marathonwatch.com/products/arctic-edition-large-...

[cperciva]

Oh, I entirely agree. There are cool ways that radioactivity can be used entirely safely.

But I also understand that a lot of people don't understand -- so I see why even entirely safe uses of radioactivity are concerning to the public, even though they shouldn't be.