Saturday 23 March 2019

'Lavaur'. Dial parts.

Splitting the three parts of the dial is not hard. I filed the screws off that hold the repoussé to the back plate and gently peeled back the brass that wraps round the plate enabling the two pieces to be separated.
The dial itself was just held to the back plate with one screw and this also had to be filed off.
The dial is near pristine apart from at the screw point where the enamel has come off but as this sits under the repoussé when fitted it is not an issue.
Initially i assumed these repoussé fronts were riveted on with tiny brass rivets but it appears the screws just get polished flat over time.









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