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Re: Talking about bezels...
In Response To: Talking about bezels... ()

Maybe in the mid 60s they changed the lume triangle (which was Radium on 1st Exec) to a non-luminous one because of radiation standards. Same as the change from Radium to Tritium nearly at the same time.

Best,
Manuel

: ... i think this is the only official document where we can see
: the bezel with non luminous triangle and square teeth.

: Maybe it was born for this intermediate case?

: Paolo

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