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I haven't been able to find an answer to this question - what material or materials are most Breitling dials made of??

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SHARKMAN

There's a whole section in 'The Book' about it - from memory, brass.

Yep, brass it is.

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Driver8

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Oh you mean that big black book sitting on my coffee table? Sign of the times - I searched and searched the internet and never once considered picking up a book. I really must go back to being a Luddite.

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SHARKMAN

I have the book, but don't remember an entire chapter on dials!

Never said that there was a chapter - I said "section". From memory there is a double page spread that shows the process from blank to completed dial.

Yeah there is a 2 page spread showing how the dial is formed into it's final shape.

I never meant to misquote you, simply used the wrong word. I beg your pardon Roff.

Now if one of you guys would just send me the book, I'd be happy to be the forum luddite and look stuff up in it. I know, I'm a serving kind if guy.

Is the apparent color of the dial an enamel material? Would it be baked separately and affixed to the brass portion or directly baked onto the brass?

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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

By the look of it, I would say it's bonded directly to the brass. The pictures show a blank then another shot of it after each time it's stamped getting progressively closer to the final thing.

FYI there is a copy of "The book" on Ebay right now for around $100 starting I believe.

I just had to google luddite.

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"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

Some pretty surly weavers, eh?

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SHARKMAN

Yeah I think enamelling is pretty much gone now for mass produced dials, just a few handmade pieces from some of the ultra high end makers. Not sure what the bonding process is these days.