What time is it? Watches and horology

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pdlouche in reply to @ricky2slicky

Thanks, pretty much how I feel. The wear before was just too ugly. Waterstains and patina is okay, but peeling gooey stuff was a bit off.

Still a lot of visible wear to the dial, so not all the character is lost. I was tempted to remove all the text (possibly all but the Onsa crown) but I'll keep it as-is for now.

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veLLo in reply to @pdlouche

Thanks, pretty much how I feel. The wear before was just too ugly. Waterstains and patina is okay, but peeling gooey stuff was a bit off.

Sorry if you said already (I'm new on this thread) how did you clean the dial?

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pdlouche in reply to @veLLo

If you go back a few posts, citric acid is what was recommended. I used one of those squeezy lemon 'Jif' juices with a cotton bud/swab stick. Last year I used Isopropyl Alcohol on a dial. It worked a bit too well and stripped it back to metal. You could try alcohol diluted and be super careful.

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