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Earl · 3 October 2006, 10:13 PM

Hi guys, have any of you ever seen this happen to a dial? I'm talking about the seemly crackle type lines on the surface of the dial.

mike · 3 October 2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Earl

Hi guys, have any of you ever seen this happen to a dial? I'm talking about the seemly crackle type lines on the surface of the dial.

Earl, it's kind of hard to tell,I tried blowing the pic up but it got to fuzzy.
It looks like some I've seen wherethe paint on the dial has cracked. My concern would be water had at some point gotten inside the case.

The 168000 sometimes experienced this because of a flaw in the paint mixture,but I've never seen it to that extent in a 5513.

padi56 · 3 October 2006, 11:37 PM

Never seen it on the 5513,are you sure its the dial and not inside the crystal.Has watch been serviced lately like cleaned the dial etc.

Earl · 4 October 2006, 12:15 AM

I'll get a better picture, I'll try to focus on dial and not the crystal and get a better shot of it. BTW, not the inside of the crystal, it is on the dial, anyone remember CharlieJ anyway bought off him with the story that it's the dial and certain manufactures of that era had problems like I have with their dial cracking (crackle appearance)

C.J. · 4 October 2006, 12:20 AM

I've seen something similar to that on some vintage models at the antique show here in town in the past. They didn't seem as bad as that dial, but it did look look like cracking paint on the dial

jburson250 · 4 October 2006, 10:50 AM

Hi Earl, my 5512 dial did this. It started when the watch was about 30 years old i.e. 1996ish. The one and only moisture intrusion (due to a crystal crack) happened in the mid 70's. I immediately had the leak fixed and the watch pressure tested at RSC NYC.
It got so bad, I had the dial relaced in '99. Perhaps there was another, later moisture intrusion I ever recognized.
I sent the watch to RSC Dallas last week for routine service/beautification. This is it's first visit to a RSC since '74. Haven't heard from them yet but I suspect they'll tell me if there's any other evidence of past leaks.

3 October 2006, 11:37 PM	#3
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4 October 2006, 12:20 AM	#5
C.J. "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: * Posts: 10,196	I've seen something similar to that on some vintage models at the antique show here in town in the past. They didn't seem as bad as that dial, but it did look look like cracking paint on the dial __________________ Me? I'm still looking for Kokomo. I just hope that damn golfer isn't there

4 October 2006, 10:50 AM	#6
jburson250 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Real Name: Jim Location: SE NH Watch: DSSD Posts: 388	Hi Earl, my 5512 dial did this. It started when the watch was about 30 years old i.e. 1996ish. The one and only moisture intrusion (due to a crystal crack) happened in the mid 70's. I immediately had the leak fixed and the watch pressure tested at RSC NYC. It got so bad, I had the dial relaced in '99. Perhaps there was another, later moisture intrusion I ever recognized. I sent the watch to RSC Dallas last week for routine service/beautification. This is it's first visit to a RSC since '74. Haven't heard from them yet but I suspect they'll tell me if there's any other evidence of past leaks. __________________ Jim Explorer 214270. Sea-Dweller 126600. Sea-Dweller Deepsea 126660 Black. Submariner 5512. PAM 514 Radiomir 1940. Railmaster XXL 2806.52.37. Speedmaster Moonphase 304.33.44.52.01.001. RIP JJ

4 October 2006, 12:15 AM	#4
Earl "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: Who Me? Location: Northern Virginia Watch: out Posts: 4,616	I'll get a better picture, I'll try to focus on dial and not the crystal and get a better shot of it. BTW, not the inside of the crystal, it is on the dial, anyone remember CharlieJ anyway bought off him with the story that it's the dial and certain manufactures of that era had problems like I have with their dial cracking (crackle appearance)

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