My first marked-grade Seth came with this cool and fairly unusual dial, so I'd like to put some funds into a professional repair.

Can anyone recommend an outfit that can properly handle this? No hairlines, just that one ugly chip-out over the dial foot.

And not that place in North Carolina - I have no desire to drop $250 and wait six months. For that price and that waiting period I can't believe they get any business.

Eric, I have been hunting such a business for quite some time. I don't believe anyone else is doing these repairs. I am still experimenting. Let me assure you it is very time consuming and I can see why most have given up.
I have some new stuff I am going to try as soon as I get a dial that is worth the time.

Phil...Keep me in the loop as I want to complete the lettering on yours. I'd used sign enamel. as one experiment. It worked OK but the color was on the cool side rather than warm and didn't properly match the dial.

I have wondered if the plastic dentists use to fill your teeth would work. I know it comes in a whole range of whites so it should be possible to get a good color match.