This Melamine dial arrived on a C506177 992B in a SST case. A new dial may be in order as I am presently cleaning the watch which has been kept in extremely pristine serviced condition. For the sake of movement this is a fine "keeper".

HI David, since we are on the subject, here is the melamine dial of my 992B C293161 showing the usual defects: crack at 3 and potmarks at 11, crudely repaired. I don't know if I could find a replacement...more likely I'll have to live with it. What do tou think?
Regards,
Peter

Peter, I think we are in the same "pickle". Too bad Hamilton got sold a bill of goods on that material. This 992B was much loved by it's first "keeper". I imagine the feeling of confidence that came with seeing this in the AM when getting ready to wind it up and go to work. Exceptional time accuracy . . .

and a movement that certainly could lay claim to "the last word" for fit and function . . .

Peter, they are out there, but when you are trying to replace 50 to 60 of them, it can get pretty frustrating.

Regards,
Larry

Early on, I found/had a pristine NOS melamine RWS dial, but it showed a lot of dirt, dust, and lint on it.

Unknowingly, I took the dial and cleaned the debris off with a wipe of an alcohol saturated pad. It turned out spotless. I then put it on a 992B, cased it and screwed the bezel on tight, and retired for the night.

Imagine my horror upon awakening the next morning and finding this beautiful, pristine dial now had a thousand cracks on it from the reaction of the plastic to the alcohol cleaning

It was a $125 lesson learned the hard way. Melamine hates alcohol and reacts very unfavorable. Lesson learned via : the hard way

regards,
bb

Guys you are in luck as I saw this post, went digging in my dials and came up with a nice one. Put is straight away in our auction.
Melamine dial

Phil,
Thank you for offering the dial but it seems I'm up against some tough competition. I cannot justify this kind of extra expense on this particolar watch, since I already payed full price for it. It will have to do as it is.

Regards,
Peter

I have been messing around with some dentistry material, supplied by a good friend, trying to find a way to repair the porcelain enamel dials and while it never occurred to me to try working on the melamine dials I will. Some of the material available for crowns and fillings is interesting and I will let you know how it goes. It is difficult to keep the crown material adhered to the copper found on dials and any suggestions are welcomed!