Just aquired this any ideas what it used to be

[Sausagefingers]

Hi, I'm recently new to tinkering. I just received a bunch of parts today and this movement and dial (see pics) were in the bag. It started to run as soon as I put it in my palm. I would be interested in knowing what it was originally. Fingers crossed someone may have a clue.

The movement is a 1188 . 

Thanks in advance.

[KarlvonKoln]

That's easy!  (Welcome to the forum, BTW)

The movement itself is a Swiss ebauche, an A. Schild (A.S.) 1188. I will try to drop in a link to the Ranfft archive.

Without a brand name on the dial, it's hard to say whose case it wore.

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&2&2uswk&AS_1188

[Sausagefingers]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Yes I found the movement number and searched online. Lovely looking piece of engineering. I'm at a loss as to the year of production so that I can try find some information. It's keeping time really well. I'm guessing maybe 1950's

[KarlvonKoln]

Yep.  1950 to 1955.  It's a fairly straightforward little A. Schild.  Just hour, minute, & sweep second, with 15j & incabloc.  Not hard to work on either.  Not hard to get parts if needed.  Quite accurate for the price.  That said, casing a watch is a skill unto itself.  It's not just getting the right size case and movement holder ring, you have to size the stem too, and find a dial with feet that match the holes in the base plate (or mount the dial feet) and get the right size hands.  But if you can do all that and find a nice, cozy little home for it, you'll have a sweet timepiece with a solid vintage movement.

[Sausagefingers]

It was in a bag of bits, hopefully the case is in the bag of goodies.

Thank you for all the information. I'll get round to putting it together, I've got a ton of Timex's to fiddle with first.