I was looking for an Arrows in dial for a 16s bunn special and i came across this one. does anyone know why the 7 is different than the one on my other Bunn special dial? here is the picture of it

this is my other Bunn

It seems Waltham had a similar font on their watch - maybe popular at the time. Elgin also has a similar 7 on their watches.

Thanks Mike, I just wasn't sure if it was a time period or a model when they used the curled or straight seven

There is no doubt this is a "time period' as thought, problem is I can't put my finger on it and pin it down. I think it was shorty after the change over from ILLINOIS in the straight line font signature, but not for very long. I cannot pin it down for exact dates because there is very little intel out there on the subject and what little there is seems to be in a very few ads but as we know a lot of the ads are "illustrations" and not actual photographs.

I wouldn't "bet the farm" on this, as there has been to many years gone by and dials are so easily swapped out, upgraded, etc.

regards,
bb

Buster,
I think you may be right, I also noticed that on my dial the numbers are a little bolder. it just got me wondering if my dial is correct or not. I didn't know that there were two different arrows in dials. My movement is 1921 SN# 3485450

Thanks for the input,
Gary

Gary
My understanding is the Straight leg 7 " was around for 5-6 years- aprox 1917-1923- then they were phased out in place of the " Fat Bottom 7 " Style
I personally like the Straight one- probably because they are scarcer and earlier than the fat ones.
Terry Jones

This is the dial on my watch with the fat bottom 7

this is the back of the dial I found with the straight bottom 7

Thank you Debbie! that is great information for my future projects.

Regards,
Gary