Mitutoyo Measuring Equipment
I had always thought starrett was the cats meow. I was wrong. I always though Mitutoyo was junk. Again I was wrong. I just bought a Mitutoyo dial bore indicator to go with my safe queen tools.
Check out this site.
http://longislandindicator.com/
LOTS of info. I decided on going with a Mitutoyo Dial bore gauge because they have a good parts availability. THe site said the best bang for the buck on 1" dial calipers is Starrett. My current search on ebay is for a1-2 and a 2-3 swiss made outside mics from brown and sharpe. I decided all that from the info on that site. If you search around on that sight with the alpha letters towards the bottom of the home page you can find what your looking for.