Phone from Poland !

[Matilo Telephones]

Hmmm, perhaps it is a different dial mechanism. The one I have is Polish too and it has that distinctive fingerstop as well.

My dial center opens counter clockwise too. My memory failed me.

Can you post a picture of the fingerwheel and dial centre, please?

[electric al]

Best pic I can get !

[dsk]

I can not seem to budge the center of the dial wheel , afraid to force it and possibly break something !
I have cleaned it as much as I can.
Why does it (ghost) ring  when dialing another phone on the same line ?

If "ghost ring" is bell tinkle, or weak ringing when pulses from another phone are dialing on the same line, this are a common European phone "problem".  This had no priority in many countries, and was just ignored.  The traditional way to solve it was to put in a tension spring to hold the ringers hammer close to one of the bells.  Other ways may be putting in a zener diode in series with the ringer. Ø4-Ø5   or even better a quadrac (triac+diac) in the same place.   take a look here: http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/tele_privacy.html

dsk