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· ·Omega Qualified WatchmakerTo be clear I have never suggested, or even thought, that there has been a cleaning attempt on my dial.
I know you said this previously:
My initial thoughts were that there had been some kind of accidental abrasive contact with the dial at some point whilst releasing the dial from the movement, or at another point during the dismantling process. Nothing has really given me cause to have another opinion.
But the damage is so widespread that this doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Some of the damaged areas are where the hands are close, so contact during removal of the movement would have been on the hands also, not just the dial.
Typically the first thing done after decasing, is to remove the hands, then the dial. I store the dial in a container, that is inside a tray - it doesn't get touched again until it's ready to be installed back on the movement - here's an example:
You can see that the dial is in a plastic container, and I do this because when I'm assembling or working on the watch, the trays are opened and closed a lot, so this adds another layer of protection in case somethings slips out of my hand for example - it won't fall right onto the dial surface.
To me the only two activities that could possibly result in this are during hand removal (unlikely given the sheer extent of the damage) and from some form of cleaning. Of course you remove dust from dials, because people don't want dust left inside their watches, but it needs to be done with a lot of care.
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