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1956 Railmaster - help with relumed dial
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·Oh Dear......, Should have gone to Spec Savers.....hands not bad. Dial bad relumed. First check, if in fact it is Lume or Paint. If it glows, better News. Because then it might be water based Tritium. And that might be removed on the smeared Edges of the luminous Wells with a finely pointed timber skewer stick/ toothpick size. Try very carefully, if lume flakes off. Wetting that edge with a very fine soft brush will help. If that works, you are in luck. Just work on the smeared Edges and leave the lume in the Wells. Use aged water based Tritium for the new Layer. Good luck. Kind regards. Achim
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·Is it just the lume or has the dial been completely refinished?
The dial itself looks questionable to me.
The dial itself looks questionable to me.
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··Hoarder Of Speed et aliaHere is a proper Railmaster dial. Notice the 1mm thickness vs a normal dial (.4 mm I think)
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··Oooo subtitles!Wasn't the RM not introduced until 1957?
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·Well, I cant say too much about the dial - weather it has been repainted or not.
If it was - it was dedinately done by 2 different people.
Hands and markers glow in the dark, so its definately not paint - I dont want to touch anything myself (done want to ruin it more).
15808XXX serial dates it back to 1956.
Maybe I should just finad another dial, if it is possible.
If it was - it was dedinately done by 2 different people.
Hands and markers glow in the dark, so its definately not paint - I dont want to touch anything myself (done want to ruin it more).
15808XXX serial dates it back to 1956.
Maybe I should just finad another dial, if it is possible.
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·Oh Dear......, Should have gone to Spec Savers.....hands not bad. Dial bad relumed. First check, if in fact it is Lume or Paint. If it glows, better News. Because then it might be water based Tritium. And that might be removed on the smeared Edges of the luminous Edges with a finely pointed timber skewer stick/ toothpick size. Try very carefully, if lume flakes off. Wetting that edge with a very fine soft brush will help. If that works, you are in luck. Just work on the smeared Edges and leave the lume in the Wells. Use added water based Tritium for the new Layer. Good luck. Kind regards. Achim
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·Guys, pleasepoint me in the right direction to find a correct dial or do something with mine.
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··Vintage Omega AficionadoFinding a nice original dial is hard - they are rarely available and if they ever pop up for sale they are expensive. You might try contacting Rene in Germany and see what he says about restoring the dial you have:
https://www.instagram.com/of_golden_times/
https://www.instagram.com/of_golden_times/
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·If you want it re printed: Causemann in Germany has the correct Font. Choose the shade of white wisely......good luck ! Kind regards. Achim
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·If you want it re printed: Causemann in Germany has the correct Font. Choose the shade of white wisely......good luck ! Kind regards. Achim
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·If you want it re printed: Causemann in Germany has the correct Font. Choose the shade of white wisely......good luck ! Kind regards. Achim
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