I know usually four foot dials were early and usually you see the double sunk on 992 but were there other early movements such as 960 that they were used on.

Also are they called the same as the same dial in 3 foot versions

Four foot double sunk

back

another one

back of 2nd

Nice dials Jon I have some other also but do you know if these were used on specific models like 992 or were all double sunk variations used on all models that took 4 foot dials.

The 2nd dial i listed was on a 992, and the other was 975

I would guess yours was on a 992

I didnt know if specific dials were specific to certain models or if it was just whatever the customer wanted on whichever movement they bought.

Rob, your first photo appears to be a "factory remake" 4 foot dial. I have seen several of these that are actual Hamilton dials but, they have the manuscript lettering rather than script. My understanding is that these were made to replace originals after the beginning of the manuscript brand name on the dials.
Often, the DS dials were on the higher grade Hamilton watches and the SS were on the lower grade movements but I believe you could option any dial for the price.

The thing that I noticed was that one is not a script dial. I have one now on a 990 on now and had a question as to why it is not a script dial.

Didn't the 4 foot dial end around 1909? And if so why is one of the dials in print, not script?

Regards,
Larry

Ok Thanks Also it explains why I never seen a four foot dial like I posted most I have are like the ones Jon posted.

Rob's picture shows a 4 footed dial with BLOCK signature made by Hamilton. These were made in the early 20's since there was a lot of the 4 footed dials that needed replacing by then.

Hamilton opted to use the BLOCK style on these replacement dials to keep up with the "newer" BLOCK signature [or it could have been a factory oversight] that replaced the script signature dials as Mike correctly alluded to. This should answer Lawrence's question also.

regards,
bb

Thanks Buster!

Regards,
Larry

Ok thanks for explanation Buster and everyones help.