Abstract:
A watch dial having a dial plate with integrally formed raised symbols, the dial plate having a substantially homogeneously appearing background surface and the raised symbols having a top face and side surfaces which form sharp corners with the top face such that the raised symbols have a substantially different appearance from the dial plate background surface.
Abstract:
A depression in the die is filled with a liquid or pasty substance which supports the dial blank. A descending punch pushes the blank part way into the depression causing the substance of the cushion to force the blank into the punch hollows corresponding to the symbols to be raised. The die depression is surrounded by an upstanding rim that penetrates part way into the blank when the latter is pressed by the punch.