The lack of a sunken seconds bit made me suspicious of this dial at first until I removed the bezel and had a closer look. It seems like I have seen dials like this before but wanted to make sure it was legit and not a replacement. Hopefully someone can identify it without the need to pull the dial. It currently faces an Elgin 16 size convertible, circa 1881.

What do you think?

There are VERY minute flakes present around the center hole for the seconds bit.

The numbers do look hand painted. Is this porcelain, enamel, or what?

I have two genuine Elgin un-sunk dials like yours that I believe came from gilt convertible models. The seconds numbers are uneven and clearly hand-done. I would say that yours is right.

Thanks Gents! The more I look it over, I tend to agree it is probably right. When I first opened the front cover, the lack of any dial sink caught my eye immediately. Then when I had a chance to pop the bezel, things started looking better. Especially the very fine flakes on the center hole conducive of porcelain. The above images, of course are greatly magnified. Obviously the numbers looks much crisper when viewed with the naked eye.

I owned the Grade 72 and 91 21 Jewel Convertibles. Both of those came with snap on double sunk dials. But the movements were drilled for dial feet too.