Tritium micro vials??

[Daniel Abranko]

Does anyone know if traser makes the ultra-tiny tritium vials available to other watch makers in any form? I'd love to be able to have the little markers applied to some other watches I own. Particularly a bulova accutron dive watch that has lost its glow...

-Daniel

 

[Lonewolf]

If you go to the Kimber website you will see they also have a watch with tritium inserts. The inserts look similar to the ones in Luminox watches. They say on their website Meprolite makes the inserts for the watches.

Kimber Watches

 

[B@rt]

This company seems to make them.MB-Microtech
I've e-mailed them if the small inserts are available for consumers and will post the reply.

 

[B@rt]

Just got an answer from MB-Microtec
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Thank you for your mail of March 19, 2002.

To answer your question we would need to know in which
country you are located, because the illuminated inserts (like the one
in the bezel of our watches) or the lights like the ones in the dial and
hands
of our watches can be sold to the public only in England. All other
countries
do not allow sales of these products to the consumers. They only allow
lights
or inserts assembled in products like watches or sights.

Best regards
mb-microtec ag

Jakob Bänziger
General Marketing Manager


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I think we would need an UK-member to solve this problem

Candidates???

(I'll try to find out what the costs are going to be for UK shipping)

 

[LEDagent]

Not to be the boyscout here or anthing...but wouldn't tritium vials be called contraband then if they enter the US? And wouldn't the person sending it to the US be charged for smuggling contraband? Sounds extreme eh?

 

[Graham]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LEDagent:
Not to be the boyscout here or anthing...but wouldn't tritium vials be called contraband then if they enter the US? And wouldn't the person sending it to the US be charged for smuggling contraband? Sounds extreme eh?

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Hmm. I somehow doubt that. I'd be interested to know how a person outside the US could be charged under a US law, particularly if the item in question is legal where they are. It would only become 'contraband' when it entered the US, not in the country where it was sent from. Thats what US Customs is for, I would think - they can confiscate items considered contraband under US law, but I don't see how they could have any power to do anything to the sender outside the US, unless it involves international law..

Graham

 

[Daniel Abranko]

Are private watch makers considered "the public?"

I wonder what the exact rules are... I think some research is in order...

Either that, or it's time to find a competent watch maker in england....did i just say that? There must be hundreds...

-Daniel