Hello Graeme,
I remember that rare early Weems you found and you had struck gold with that— but you cannot get lucky every time and I’m sorry to say this one was not your lucky day.
It is indeed a 12.68, but its dial is refinished in a 1940s style, it’s hands are incorrect 1920s replacement hands on a movement from the late thirties, and if it is missing the hairspring and a balance staff it is missing some of the most valuable parts of the movement.
In short, I’m sorry to break the news to you, but you bought a lemon which is worth only the meager sum of its parts— and it is absolutely not worth the significant labor costs required to reconstruct a balance, or the time that your project entails.
I hope it was very cheap.
if you cannot return it, the expense will have to be chalked up to what we call a “newbie tax” and be considered a learning experience.
What we can advise in this situation is to read very carefully @conelpueblo’s very nice sticky thread entitled “how to fish”.
You need to take a step back, and make sure you do research and study before you commit more funds to buying another watch. Broken watches may be very expensive to repair these days; parts are becoming rare, and “projects” are unadvisable in many cases.
That being said, yes it is a bull’s eye dial.
Best regards and happy new year!
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