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How to tell if it has a linen dial?
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersOkay, another question I'm almost embarrassed to ask...Are they really made out of linen or...?
Also, is this a linen dial?
as @Olhenry56 mentioned earlier, Omega call these textured dials ‘silky guilloche’, guillioche being a term for an engraved surface on decorative items. ( often called engine turning too) which is generally finished with an applied layer on top of the engraved surface. ( paint, enamel, lacquer etc. )
It’s us collectors who have coined our own phrases like ‘linen dial’ in the absence of the correct term or for ease of every day reference.
if you haven’t seen Desmond’s essay on c-cases, you can find it here.
http://omega-constellation-collecto...onstellation-c-shape-omegas-child-of.html?m=1
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaPie pan dial...........
Linen dial.........
These appellations have become ubiquitous following the development of the internet, and the continual repletion of these terms has clouded the issue.
Firstly, pie pan dials. A pie pan is a steel or other material dish used to bake the bowl of a pie.
They come on basic round shapes, and less often, twelve sided or dodecagonal shapes.
The "pie pan" has now become the "official" description of dodecagonal shaped dials.
Why has the traditional pie pan (the round one) been simply relegated to a "dome dial?
I digress.
Linen is a cloth woven on a loom and generally has defined warp pattern running at 90º to the weft pattern.
Therefore, I consider the only "linen" dials in the thread to be the ones posted by @Ravineman and @Olhenry56 to be true linen dials.
As to the example posted by @Shabbaz, I would call it a "Jaquard" pattern dial, not a traditional linen pattern.
Linen dial.........
These appellations have become ubiquitous following the development of the internet, and the continual repletion of these terms has clouded the issue.
Firstly, pie pan dials. A pie pan is a steel or other material dish used to bake the bowl of a pie.
They come on basic round shapes, and less often, twelve sided or dodecagonal shapes.
The "pie pan" has now become the "official" description of dodecagonal shaped dials.
Why has the traditional pie pan (the round one) been simply relegated to a "dome dial?
I digress.
Linen is a cloth woven on a loom and generally has defined warp pattern running at 90º to the weft pattern.
Therefore, I consider the only "linen" dials in the thread to be the ones posted by @Ravineman and @Olhenry56 to be true linen dials.
As to the example posted by @Shabbaz, I would call it a "Jaquard" pattern dial, not a traditional linen pattern.
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·In fairness, though, at least "linen dial" is an attempt to be descriptive about a certain surface structure, instead of an euphemism to disguise major damage as something desirable. "Creme brulee dial" comes to mind...
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