Western Electric 354 - Ivory - Original automobile Dial is lubricated and timed

Dial is lubricated and timed for perfect performance

although North Electric actually manufactured most of the components for their phones in their factory in Galion Ohio

Western Electric had done some work on dial systems prior to 1919

Western Electric Pink Rotary Princess Phone

This was changed in later years to bakelite

Western Electric 354 - Ivory - Original automobile Dial is lubricated and timedRare Ivory Western Electric model 354 wallmount telephone. History The Model 352 is the wall phone version of the famed Model 302 deskphone. When it was introduced in 1946 it was the first "modern" wall phone made by Western and Northern Electric and it replaced many of the old wood phones that were still common at the time. The Restoration Process Dial The dial has been fully disassembled, cleaned, lubed and timed to ensure years of trouble free