[Arran]

Have you removed the chassis from the cabinet as yet? You may find the missing pointer once the chassis is removed, it is also an opportunity to survey how much work will be needed. As far as I know you can buy reproduction pushbuttons and knobs for the 1941 Philco models still, and you can buy some repro dial escutcheons as well, at least for the 8 and 9 pushbutton models. If you have one with 10 pushbuttons, and it has a plastic dial escutcheon, you are out of luck unless you figure out a way to make one yourself, your set does not have this problem, the escutcheon is a wooden molding built into the cabinet. The knobs appear to be of the same style as the Bakelite ones used on most Philco models between 1936 and 1940 so fairly common, I believe the pushbuttons were Bakelite as well and fairly generic in style. The 41-265 was the console version of the model 41-245 table set according to the gallery.
Arran