An open-faced, or
Le pine ,watch,is one is which the case lacks
a metal cover to protect the crystal. It is typical for an open-faced
watch to have the pendent located at 12:00 and the sub second dial located at
6:00. Occasionally, a watch movement intended for a hunting case( with the
winding stem at 3:00 and sub second dial at 6:00) will have an open-faced case.
Such watch is known as a “sidewinder “. Alternatively, such a watch movement
may be fitted with a so called conversion dial, which relocates the winding
stem to 12:00 and the sub-second dial to 3:00. After 1908, watches approved for
railroad service required to may be cased in open-faced cases with the winding
stem at 12:00.
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