I have this nice old Hamilton 941 that is in a Silveroid case. The problem is the bezel is gold toned. Any way to plate that with no big expense?

Neat movement, lousey dial!

Bezel can be nickel plated by any good jewelers' service shop. If this were my watch I would hold out for a good gold filled hunting case with a commonplace 17 jewel Hamilton movement (so as to not have extra case screw marks) and also look for a good double sunk dial. The watch is worth it.

Thanks, William. Good advice and I'm looking even as I type. Original cases are hard to find though.

some supply houses sell a silver plating & polishing product.
as I recall it's called silveron w/pure silver.
Just clean your watch shake the stuff up well, apply with soft cloth and rub it in. cosy around ten bucks. hope this helps Joe S

I'll look for it. Thanks Joe.

Thanks Lin. I am looking for a correct dial. Will contact Don about the bezel.

Bezel can be nickel plated by any good jewelers' service shop. If this were my watch I would hold out for a good gold filled hunting case with a commonplace 17 jewel Hamilton movement (so as to not have extra case screw marks) and also look for a good double sunk dial. The watch is worth it.

I took your advice and found this case and dial on a 927.

But, the cover wont close with the bezel on. That should be no problem as I believe I can get that replaced with a proper fitting bezel. Now this is a much nicer 941 than before. AND, the screw marks are matched!

Could be the glass is too tall. Pop it out and see if it will close. Some have to use an absolutely flat glass to close.

Try flat polishing the bottom of the bezel [if it's not the glass] on fine emory paper and perhaps enough can be taken off for it to close. But you can take off too much, that's the bad part

regards,
bb

It's not the glass. I tried that. Did not try the emory cloth solution. I have really nothing to lose as it isn't correct for the case as it is. Thanks Buster

Mike, is the problem that the cover does not "lock" down, or that it simply will not easily swing down to the closed position?

I ask because in your picture the hasp that is supposed to lock the cover looks like it is not extending out far enough to work.

Dave, With the bezel off, the case functions fine. With the bezel on, it does not. The SN on the bezel do not match up with the case either. The other parts, lever slot, opening and hinge, all match up fine. Given that, the emory cloth may be my first attempt to solve.