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Wouldn't touch a precious dial - or ANY if you're not a person with fine-motor skills, it's a delicate job. Some watchmakers are able to help, but don't trust in good intention only, any destruction is final... also think about losing the patina. Rather sell a bad candidate and look for a better one.
You can clean newer glossy dials with very smooth and clean microfibre (or the tips I've mentioned in the thread) - just breath on the dial and wipe fingerprints or dust quickly away. Never use cotton swabs, the cotton is too rough and scratches the lacquer. Matte dials: don't touch, except for dabbing (not rubbing) dust with Rodico away.
Wouldn't touch a precious dial - or ANY if you're not a person with fine-motor skills, it's a delicate job. Some watchmakers are able to help, but don't trust in good intention only, any destruction is final... also think about losing the patina. Rather sell a bad candidate and look for a better one.
You can clean newer glossy dials with very smooth and clean microfibre (or the tips I've mentioned in the thread) - just breath on the dial and wipe fingerprints or dust quickly away. Never use cotton swabs, the cotton is too rough and scratches the lacquer. Matte dials: don't touch, except for dabbing (not rubbing) dust with Rodico away.
Greetings,
Xeramic
That thread gave me severe anxiety just reading it!
As suggested above, rodico's the only thing I use on dials....and only if you have experience handling dials....and, even then, EXTREME care must be taken!
In general, if a dial's got loose dust/debris on it, a few squeezes from an air bulb or light dabbing with rodico'll take care of it. If not, I'd either leave the dial alone or, if it's a precious dial, consider having Kirk Rich Dial (KRD) take a look at it. KRD's one of the few venerable dial restorers that maintain some of the old, original Rolex dial stampers. My late grandfather was a master watchmaker, who worked for Rolex in the '50s (before going indy), and, when I was a kid I worked part-time in his shop and recall seeing both KRD's work and billing. They were, as far as I recall, the only company my grandfather would use for dial repair/refinishing (I vaguely recall there being another reliable firm in NYC, but we didn't use them and I can't verify the name). Sometimes, they could perform miracles, sometimes they recommended a complete refacing. I believe they're still located in California. If the dial's rare, it might be worth speaking to them about it. If you do, be VERY detailed in what you want/expect and don't presume anything.
