That is a great review Bo. Thanks for the thoroughness.
One question: In the section on the dial and, more specifically, the lines between second markers, you state that the old ones had 5 becaue of the 1/10 and the new, in-house one should have 4 due to it being 1/8 accurate. I see only 4 lines between the second markers in your closeup. Maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't it be 4 for 1/10 and 3 for 1/8?
Either way, again, great review and great pictures.