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A couple months ago there was a discussion in one thread about Hamilton dials with the dial model/type number printed on the dial. I couldn't find it quickly so I will start a new thread. Here's a D 70 dial that is on a Ross I got recently. The dial is slightly concave and seems to match the illustration of the Ross in Rene Rondeau's book. The case is 14k gf with a 982 movement.

 
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Yep, Hamilton's records show that dial "D-70" is indeed for the "Ross" model. Your dial is most certainly original since it bears the dial number.

The records I have show dial numbers for each dial from the mid-1920s through at least the late 1940s, including all of the grade 980 and 982 models. But I don't think the dial number appeared on every dial. It appears to that Hamilton did not begin placing the dial number on the dial until the late 1930s.


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Bryan,
For those dials that had a dial number was the number always located at the bottom of the dial?
 
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