Can anyone say with certainty if this dial is original? It seems so cleanly done. But something about it makes me want to ask. I have included a second example I've found.
I'm a skeptic. Period closer to the S in SWISS than the B in FAB? That font. looks too large, as well. Also, it appears to be printed, and dark dials (at least on many wristwatches) were reverse printed (i.e. the black or grey was printed over the white).
Tony, I thought the same thing, though the other example, with the gold lettering also has the dot closer to the "S". If mine is faked, so is the other one. Tire-comedon, Here are the shots of the back: So around 1940?
I think it is OK This is not a printed dial but I call it "galvanic sandwich" First layer galvanised was silver - the script and minute track was printed with a laquer on this first layer - then the second layer was galvanised in carcoal (grey) - the places where the lacquer was are not coated with the second layer. Then the laquer of the "script print" was removed with a solvant - finally the whole dial was coated with clear lacquer (varnish). Due to this different production process the scripts and the minute track look "wider" and not so clear, sometimes like "bleeding" into the surrounding area... just my 2 cents erich
I defer to Erich's judgement, but the misplaced period strikes me being very odd, especially if it is original!