rnewbie Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) I've been thinking about taking the plunge on DSN's 5218 201a. Watch looks great but I'm a bit confused. Does the gen have a sandwich dial? Hoping the PAM experts here can answer this. thanks, Robert Edited October 22, 2007 by rnewbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drop Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Not an expert, but from what I recall the gen has neither a sandwich nor sausage dial... something intermediate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye_lin Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Not an expert, but from what I recall the gen has neither a sandwich nor sausage dial... something intermediate. The dial is a sandwich dial with the indices lume-filled and a satin varnish finish over it.... The DSN dial is incorrect.. sausage dial... If he makes a sandwich dial version.. I will get it and mod it.. Kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnewbie Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 The dial is a sandwich dial with the indices lume-filled and a satin varnish finish over it.... The DSN dial is incorrect.. sausage dial... If he makes a sandwich dial version.. I will get it and mod it.. Kai Looking at the pics, his most current version has a sandwich dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye_lin Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Looking at the pics, his most current version has a sandwich dial. Hi.. I made a mistake... DSN does make them in sandwich dial... and I did buy one to mod it.. For some reason..I thought you were referring to the 218A dial... (Slytech dial). Damn!! I must be going senile... Sorry.. Kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnewbie Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hi.. I made a mistake... DSN does make them in sandwich dial... and I did buy one to mod it.. For some reason..I thought you were referring to the 218A dial... (Slytech dial). Damn!! I must be going senile... Sorry.. Kai No problem.... So to make sure I got this right. I'll need to have the indices lume-filled and a satin varnish finish over it to make it look closer to the gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmg Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I believe Drop is correct the 201A dial is engraved I seem to recall reading somewhere. This is a great Paneristi article on neo-vintage dials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 The genuine 5218/201A dial has the numbers and batons engraved into a brass dial, then lumed and the indices are filled with varnish, almost flush with the dial surface. An accurately cut sandwich dial could be modded to give a very good visual effect of the original dial but Davidsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye_lin Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 The genuine 5218/201A dial has the numbers and batons engraved into a brass dial, then lumed and the indices are filled with varnish, almost flush with the dial surface. An accurately cut sandwich dial could be modded to give a very good visual effect of the original dial but Davidsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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