...about a guy in the US (in the 60's I think) that bought up the old watches and alarm clocks in order to try to build a miniature nuclear reactor from all the lume gathered off the dials and hands.
Sounds mad now, but there were actually instructions in the Scouts handbooks of the day!!

He used a Geiger counter to ID the correct stuff!
I'll try to find the story, I saw the show years ago, so can't remember the details.

Cheers
Stewart

: Thanks Stewart.

: I enjoyed writing it - one portion science, one portion horology,
: gently dusted with just enough watch nerdiness to taste :)

: My sort of article.