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What does a "silver bath" mean, regarding dial cleaning?
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Canuck
·Probably some sort of a liquid silver cleaner designed to allow an item to be dipped. Goddards and Hagerty (as well as many brands available at your supermarket) make it available as a fork cleaner. But it might work on a metal dial, as well. At your risk, by the way,
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MtV
·Not sure if this helps you in any way, but a “silver bath”, or “Silberbad” in German, would usually be a mixture of water, salt and baking soda that silver is dipped into for a couple minutes. I’ve done that with silver cutlery and it’s clean and shiny afterwards - I can’t imagine doing that to a dial, though. Even if the dial is solid silver, surely the printing would suffer from the aggressive baking soda (sodium bicarb)?
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Caliber561
·If the printing is baked enamel, then a bath might not harm it like regular tampography dial.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerIf the printing is baked enamel, then a bath might not harm it like regular tampography dial.
Yes, most silver dials on vintage are quite robust and can be cleaned rather aggressively without damage.
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vbrad26
·Sounds better than a golden shower. 
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MtV
·If the printing is baked enamel, then a bath might not harm it like regular tampography dial.
Very interesting! Didn’t know that. Well, in that case, the “Silberbad” might have actually been what we were thinking.
As a collector of mainly 50s Omegas with those delicate dials the thought of dipping a dial into a bath with chemicals still makes my neck hair stand up though. 😁
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bananapeanut
·I'd be very curious to see a before picture of the dial.
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaI have access to some, not actually mine, more "hers".
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ahsposo
··Most fun screen name at ΩFIt's a lovely dial. I would like to see some more pictures of that watch.
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Modest_Proposal
·I appreciate your responses. Should I receive it, I will gladly take more photos of the watch.
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X350 XJR
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