Does anyone have a solution for fixing small chips in a porcelain dial? A jeweler friend of mine uses chalk but I don't like the looks of. Other than replacing the dial, what do others do?

Ernie,

There's a lot of information on this site regarding repair of porcelain enamel dials, using such things as appliance enamel over wall spackling compound.

Use the "Find-Or-Search" function to locate the info.

Here is an example of a pertinent dial repair topic I found that way:

https://ihc185.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1086047761/m/9861081791

Thanks Ed, Very intersting. I am still learnning to use all the features of the web page.

Ernie

I like those "before and after" pictures.

A word about the "Find-Or-Search" feature. If you use it on the main page it searches the whole site, if you want to search one forum only you can do that in the individual forum. Sometimes I will spend an hour or more just looking up subjects of interest.

Don

Over a year ago, a local watchmaker gave me a small suppply of Lindell's quoted Duro Porcelain Enamel Touch Up material. After that ran out, I spent hours fruitlessly searching for more.

Let's start a "supply shop" for this kind of modern "unobtanium" stuff and make it exclusively available to 185 viewers and members. The "dial kit" could include Magic Spackle, the Duro Enamel, and a short illustrated tutorial on how to do it.

dont forget some magic dial cleaner.

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unobtanium"

Good word Dave, No wonder you mede them Atomic triggers for a living.