Proudly introduce my HAMILTON "railroader".
Serviced and adjusted as per initial manufacturer's specs!!!!!
Permanent company that giving me the pleasure of daily winding it and after hear the rhythmical beat of this beaty!!!!!!!!

 

Other than the fractured dial, nice example, I have my great-uncle's 992B dating to the mid-1940's.

 

Some pictures please with dial in perfect condition!

 

992B, with a perfect dial..... and to add to the hornyness, a Ball/Hamilton 999B, perfect dial and movement shot. The 999B was a Hamilton 992B hot-rodded a bit by the nice people at Ball.

 

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Gorgeous 992B Charilaos! I wouldn't worry about the crack, that's just character (if you're keeping it for yourself).

 

Exactly my friend!!!!!!
It's the history of the watch!!!!!!!
My restaurateur is able to re- fabricate the dial (expensive task as this dial is enamel in three layers, different mixture of enamel each layer!!!!!!!!!!!).
I like my 992B "as it is"!!!!!!!!!!

 

If you just give the dial a good cleaning, the appearance of those cracks will be minimized. One method I see the pocket watch guys talk about is using fizzy tablets for cleaning dentures for this process. You could also clean it in an ultrasonic tank, but I would be careful with that and not leave it too long.

 

Don't let anybody try to "restore" your dial, they are enamel, basically hand fired glass, over a copper base and cannot be re-enameled or repaired. Even the lettering is geletin transferred black glass dust, again hand fired, it can't be fired again. There are damn few out there who can do a decent job of these dials and lots who think they can but will only mess it up. Archer is right, there are ways to clean the cracks out a bit, but I'd leave well enough alone. The enamel won't degrade any more as long as its left alone...

Its a beautiful watch, get it serviced properly, run it regularly, wear it and enjoy it You'll find that a 992B in decent shape will perform as well as any COSC chronometre. These were working watches, meant to run inside 30 seconds a week for years in a dirty steam engines cab, that makes them better than a lot of fancy COSC dress watches in my books.

And here's you porn for tonight, the 992B's older brother.... the 992, this one from 1908.

 

Don't worry! Nobody will touch my dial, my restaurateur can fabricate a dial like this (exactly the same even with the same fabrication method). But due to the time consuming task and the nature of this job it's very expensive.
So I will continue with the existing dial!!!!!!!
For the caliber: adjusted during the last service in "three positions" running perfect (about +20 sec per week!!!!!!!!!).
Planning to bring her in the optimal adjustment during the next service.

 

Dials for these things turn up on ebay, its likely you could even find a suitable dial on a "parts" movement for less than the cost of having one fabricated. After all, Hamilton made 550,000 992Bs and, in their day, several companies were making very nice replacement dials for them as well.... so the stuff is out there.

 

I know that and thanks. But trusting my restaurateur I will "fabricate" one as the original instead buying something similar but not the real thing!

 

I WISH I had not seen this thread.

I know these are old relics, and aren't worn nowdays.

But simply owning one and being able to look at the movement, and then the dial, and know precisely what the time is, and feel that nice big case with an engine beating inside.



The temptation is rising.

Maybe just ONE for my collection?

 

I did a quick browse of ebay... the real thing is about 100 bucks

 

Give in buy one and then wear it, I split my wearing the time between old Omega wrists and American railway pocket watches. They're just and reliable and its an excuse to wear jeans to work.

You can get a nice Hamilton for about the same money as a 30T2.

cs

 

Puzzled by this - a genuine identical replacement Hamilton dial is not the real thing, but one fabricated from scratch is?

 

I'm looking for the original dial and I don't want to buy something without knowing it's authenticity.
By the other side my restaurateur is able to fix one for me in order to be "exact copy" of the original (including technology and matterials).
Anyway I'm not going to replace my dial because it's gorgeous and part of the "history" of my watch

 

fabricated = redial = fake

These things are worth so little that the chances of one off ebay being fake are really low. The Internation Dial repalcement units made when these were still working watches were unlabeled. The Hamilton ones say...well.... "Hamilton" on them.... funny thing that!

On a side note: If you find a melamine one...its real Hamilton stuff....they did that in the late 40s early 50s for a bit. They tend to split from the center when old, so a good melamine one is fairly rare and not really that valuable because they're just not as pretty as a double sunk enamel dial.

 

Shortly after this 1st execution, things were figured out, and the 2nd execution melamine dials were/are more durable, without all the craze lines, ect. yet, not nearly as nice looking as enamel especially the graphics.

1943



1965

 

if you haven't already had a look try Fred Hansens website fhwatch dot com.