Thought I would share this Gem

This was on a 18sz Rockford

2 Oh my!!!

3 - ???

Looks like it had three (3) dial feet, but someone ground one down to get it on the movement.

So beautiful, eh?

What kind of case? Hint, the dial looks like it was originally married to a case that had an early Swiss Movement in it.

Dave -

The movement was just in a movement tin (parts movement).

Don't know how it could be functional with the extra thickness it would create.

Jon that is a gem. You should donate it to the Rube Goldberg museum. I think we could start a what happened to this dial thread. I remember laughing with Dave Abbe about a dial on one of my Hampdens that someone attached to the movement with liquid nails. My other personal favorite was a dial that did not fit right so it was put on the movement with wood screws. Jeesh! you would think they would have enough sense to use machine screws!

Deacon

Holy Crud - liquid nails? How in the world did you ever separate it from the movement???

I assume it was liquid nails but I put the thing in some industrial solvent a friend had at his paint shop and it did come off. I think Dave Abbe has had a few like that in his collecting. It also reminds me of a nice old Hamilton I had in high school that someone used rubber cement to put the dial on and it was fairly easy to fix with nail polish remover if I recall right. It can be pretty interesting to see what happens when someone gets a bit creative.