This movement is a 12 size Elgin, 17 jewels, grade 344 made about 1918.
I found the upper balance jewel loose in its bezel. It looks like the right jewel but too small. It might be a replacement just floating in there? I'll secure it correctly.
This is a hunter movement in an open face case. Normally when you do this, the stem falls at the 3:00. This dial is made rotated 90 degrees so that the stem falls at 12:00 as on a normal open face watch leaving the seconds dial at 3:00.
Open face movements are arranged such that the stem and second dial (which is the 4th wheel) are 180 degrees from each other.
I found the upper balance jewel loose in its bezel. It looks like the right jewel but too small. It might be a replacement just floating in there? I'll secure it correctly.
This is a hunter movement in an open face case. Normally when you do this, the stem falls at the 3:00. This dial is made rotated 90 degrees so that the stem falls at 12:00 as on a normal open face watch leaving the seconds dial at 3:00.
Open face movements are arranged such that the stem and second dial (which is the 4th wheel) are 180 degrees from each other.
Without the particular dial this watch would be a "side-winder".
See the album for this project here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HqrNKb7DXsbDQ6yo6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HqrNKb7DXsbDQ6yo6





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