A dial plate unit includes a dial plate provided with an outside dial
plate element having an opening, an inside dial plate element spaced at a
predetermined distance from the outside dial plate element, and a frame
member provided in the opening of the outside dial plate element and
closing a gap between the periphery of the opening and a part of the
inside dial plate element corresponding to the periphery of the opening.
The unit further includes one indicating member disposed in a side of the
outside dial plate element opposite to the inside dial plate element and
being movable along the outside dial plate element, and one auxiliary
indicating member disposed in the opening and being movable between the
outside and inside dial plate elements. A device using the dial plate
unit includes a indicating member operating module which operates the
indicating member and auxiliary indicating member.