Reverend Rob
Posted July 30, 2015 - 3:25pm
It was common practice in years past, for watchmakers to swap out broken or cosmetically damage parts. Sometimes this included dials, but more often than not I come across whole movements, dial attached, that have been transplanted into what is technically the 'wrong' case. It never surprises me that we see these types of things here that are borderline non conforming or outright frankens.
The shaded dial found on Winchesters also appears on other Bulova models with identical movts, so sometimes they migrate around....
In this case the hands may well have been swapped, we know the second sweep has. I am ok with Winchester as an ID, with the above noted possible discrepancies.