But the application of radium that would bring it notoriety was its use in glow-in-the-dark paint. Frequently used to provide luminous readouts on clocks and watches, aircraft switches and instrument ...

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There’s a burst of luminous colour in watch design at the moment, with sober blue and black dials conspicuously absent from recent launches ... When Super-LumiNova (an illumination product now used by ...