Scratched Dial

[thomasng]

[censored]....... I was able to remove the bezel from my Fiddy finally, but this made matters worse. Removing the bezel, scratched the matte finish of the dial. Now I'm f***ed.

Is there anyway to restore the matte finish? Thanks.

[chris5264]

Man, I'm sorry, that sucks. I actually totally screwed up my dial trying to put the bezel back on. In the end the dial was fubar so I ordered another one from davidsen. However, my dial was really messed up, if the dial only has a few small marks on it, you can try some flat black paint. I've done that with another dial and it really worked well.

[ubiquitous]

How bad is the scratch? Is it down to the base metal? Or just a surface scratch?

I have repaired several vintage matte black Rolex dials- An example:

Before:

Note the scratch at the date window-

After:

The secret- I use a matte spray on varnish. Works great!

[slay]

thats the reason why i dont work on watches anymore everytime you try something, you mess something else up

[slay]

triplepost

Edited May 28, 2006 by slay

[slay]

triplepost

Edited May 28, 2006 by slay

[thomasng]

Thanks ubiquitous! That's exactly the problem on my dial, it's just a light surface scratch on the matte finish. It went over the "L Swiss Made L", but it isn't as serious as going down to the base metal.

I owe you one

[azgjav]

u can try spraying the dial with a thin coat of semigloss clearcoat..worked well for me.

Edited May 28, 2006 by azgjav

[Chronus]

Made an enquiry about a dial. Will let you know when I know. I asked for PAM127 (1950) dial for genuine Swiss ETA "Unitas" 6497 movement.