1603 S. Bradwell Mary Glovers Late Woeful Case in M. MacDonald (1991) 12 The same hand which was so limber and light before, would, starting wise, pitch into the form of a dyall hand; that is, the thumbe and forefinger being extended, and the rest clasped in.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ II. iii. xxii. 70 The stealthy dial-hand.
2009 (Nexis) 25 May 33 Men's watch faces shall remain gigantic..Also popular this year: rubber straps, red dial hands.