This closer look at the Dakar may reveal why it does not have any baseplate meridian lines.....
I think this looks like a compass card rather than a needle. The capsule may not turn to allow alignment with the grid.
Judging by the shadow in the picture, I'd bet it is a skelatonized card. I ordered one today (yeah, like I need another compass), so a review is pending.
Jeff
It came today. It's going back tomorrow. It's useless, cheap junk. No declination adjustment, contrary to advertising, an invisible sort of lubber line and tiny graduation marks are the only thing that rotates in the bezel; while the compass degrees in the bezel are fixed. The skeletonized card is jiggly and unsteady, and the degrees are impossible to read without the magnifier, which itself is totally off in focal length, and the instructions are in German only.
Jeff
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