This watch is missing all the parts from the winding indicator mechanism. However the provisions in the plates and bridges allow the general layout to be determined. The indicator wheel train has been completed (Summer 2004) and can be seen at the link on the left.
Movement Back, Movement
Under Dial, Bottom of Barrel Bridge, Pillar
plate with wheels, Bottom of Train Bridge, Bottom
of Escape Wheel Cock, Bottom of Balance Cock,
Closeup of Roller.
The recesses in the pillar plate under the dial appear to provide for wheel to wheel transmission of the rotation with a wheel to pinion engagement only on the first wheel. The wind indicator hand would be attached to a wheel riding on the post attached to the disk just below the winding pinion.
If this is a variation on DeLong's patent wind indicator it represents the only standard open face version. The patent model has the wind indicator hand concentric with the seconds hand. The McIntyre watch is a hunting configuration.
DeLong's patent features a pinion attached to the end of an arm that is pivoted around the barrel arbor. The pinion is continually engaged with the ratchet wheel and is coupled with a second fine toothed wheel that engages a similar wheel on the lead gear of the indicator train. When the watch is wound this transmission system resets the wind indicator back to fully wound. The arm is restrained by banking in a well such as the one seen on the bottom side of the barrel bridge. The mechanism is disengaged by the action of the recoil click moving the ratchet wheel backward when the crown is released.
The lead gear in the indicator train carries a third pinion that engages with the barrel gear or main wheel. When the watch is running this gear turns the indicator train in the opposite direction and indicates the state of wind.
The final wheel that carries the winding indicator hand has a portion without teeth to ensure that the wind indicator hand always moves between the up and down positions without overshoot.
In this watch there is a problem with the design. The ratchet wheel is on top of the barrel bridge but the recess to receive the end of the arm is on the bottom side of the barrel bridge. It is hard to see how the pinion seen in the McIntyre Watch can work.
One possibility is that there is a second gear missing from the top side of the barrel that lies below the barrel bridge The arm carrying the pinion would need to be in the same vertical space and there does not appear to be enough room for both of them.
If some mechanical genius reading this page can figure out how it all works, I would sure appreciate some tips.
The watch in general has other interesting features. The train is high count with 100 teeth in the center wheel. All wheels have 5 spokes and large center hubs. The impulse roller has been completely cut away except for a small portion that hold the roller jewel. There are no marking of any kind on the watch and it appears to be hand made. I fantasize it was made by Charles E. DeLong.