Post your best guess . . .

Give up?

If the winding stem comes out at 6:00 . . .

This watch was original a hunter case. That some ingenious person had this dial made up.

Love it.

Dave, That's obvously a left handed Elgin. Rare and minty

One reason for this dial is if you want to put an open face movement in a hunter case. As for the stem at 6 o'clock, that would be a nurses watch. I can't find the word for it now, but it is a kind of fob that is pinned to the uniform and when the nurse wants to check your pulse rate, she just turn the watch face up. Clear as mud I guess.

Regards, Krister.

What's the Size of the watch Dave...?

I believe Krister is correct and/or the watch may be worn around the neck on a chain with the same results....

To answer your second question....Yes...

Regards,

Jerry

Dial is for an open face movement in a Hunter case,
Then put on a Hunter movement in an open face case.

Why they would do it, I don't know.

Just to be different, maybe.

Looks loke a good movement,Dave. B.W. Raymond perhaps? Maybe G.M. Wheeler?

Steve

I like it. I have an 18s Vanguard with the same arrangement and have seen it on Waltham, Elgin and Hampden watches. Some people may simply have liked the seconds register to be in that position or perhaps these were promoted as the "latest fashion" watches. That looks to be a factory dial from Elgin. Nice watch

I don't think it was designed as a nurses watch because its just not a ladies size movement. It would begin to 'weigh a lot' if you had to wear this around your neck all day long. Also, nurses watches usually have a sweep second hand. Is it a car clock dial?

This very rare 1 of 2,000 Hunter Case Grade 341 17J B.W. Raymond watch belongs to my life long buddy Paul Berndt who lives in Elgin Illinois and finds this stuff in old Antique shops and Garage sale shoeboxes around town.