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I agree with my esteemed colleague sir Bernard, a new dial and crystal will make a world of difference cosmetically. Nice little haul of Hammies
The 992B is nice because it has the original Hamilton case which means that it was one of those that actually came from the Hamilton factory directly, unless someone added it, that we don’t know, but it still adds to the watch. This grade was in production from 1940 until Hamilton shut its doors in 1969.The 992, IMHO is the more interesting as it’s an early model that uses the screwed in jewel settings, a lot more detail, design and thought went into the early watches. after the 1920’s it was mostly about production and trying to keep up with the Swiss steamroller.
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These dials seems ok, the 992B has a paper dial, these came into being during the 1920s as a cost effective measure. Honestly, they’re cheap and nasty BUT they are a part of this period watch, so they belong on there. You can’t really replace it with any random Hamilton dial as that would make it none original. You may find one of the rare porcelain dials, but the cost would be more than what you paid for the watch.
This one still looks to be in decent shape, just don’t try to clean it or it will turn to pulp 😆
Also, don’t put your dials, any dials, in an ultrasonic cleaner.Here’s a real nasty paper replacement model that I’ve just changed out, from this example you can see that yours is pretty good, still..
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