Rolex history question -- why the emblem on the hour hand?

[TimeToGo]

Back in the day, the tritium was installed and maintained by little people that would only come out at night to work on the material. The cross was created on the hand as a walkway so that they could get from one from one side to the other without stepping on the surface of the tritium..

[707soldier]

Originally Posted by timetogo

back in the day, the tritium was installed and maintained by little people that would only come out at night to work on the material. The cross was created on the hand as a walkway so that they could get from one from one side to the other without stepping on the surface of the tritium..

^lol

[joe100]

Originally Posted by CharlieMae

Movie guy wrote "The lume that was used years ago benefited from the three individual sections in the hour hand. It helped it stay in the hand being in three small sections instead of one large one."

The Lume on the Explorer II is the same lume used on the old GMT's. The watch was produced in 1971-1980's with nothing holding the lume together on the large surface area of the arrow.

I dont disagree that the mercedes sections help to hold the lume, I am stating that it wasnt necessary or needed, so I doubt it was put there for that reason.

I feel like a Keebler Elf screaming that the recipie is wrong and no one is listening!

Coincidence, and no other reason than to support the lume. It's published in actual Rolex books and if mine weren't packed up because of a recent move I'd quote page numbers