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Old 04-18-2009, 01:33 PM   #1
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Hi,

I do watch repairs & often have enamel dials that need the name re-printing. Is there a machine that i could purchase to do this myself, or, alternatively is there someone who could offer this service.

At the moment i am sending these dials to a guy in South America & the last few have not been finished to a good standard. Any help or suggestions on who i might contact would be gratefully received.

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Michael
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:43 PM   #2
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Hmm i'm not an expert on this but i think screenprinting will be what you're looking for.

Where are you based and what size are these dials? =] I may be able to help.
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Hi,
Thank you for your reply.I am in St.Albans in Hertfordshire & the average size of each dial is approx 42mm,but some are slightly smaller.The lettering used on most of the dials are approx 1.5mm high & i only require printing in one colour (black).I am more than happy to send you a few blank dials,if you want to do some test prints to see how they come out. Cheers.

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Old 04-30-2009, 02:11 PM   #4
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Another option might be to print onto waterslide media.

Heck back in the day I remember a friend redoing Grandfather clocks with Letraset. You don't want to know what he did to age the dials.
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Did it involve wee?

I agree with the above suggestions.
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