Pointer instrument

A pointer instrument comprising a pointer with a pointer shaft, said shaft being rotatable relative to a stationary part of the instrument for deflecting a pointer vane of the pointer, a light source connected to the pointer for rotation in common, the light source being connected to a power supply by a flexible film provided with conductor tracks, wherein the film (11, 21) is windable in a spiral onto the pointer shaft (5, 16), and wherein the pointer shaft (5, 16) has a flange-like enlargement (9, 19, 20) for guiding the film, said enlargement extending in an essentially radial direction away from the pointer shaft (5, 16), said film being windable on said shaft between the enlargement and the pointer and placeable against the enlargement by one of its lateral edges, the enlargement having an outside diameter which is at least as great as the wound-on diameter of the film (11, 21), wherein in an end region of said film remote from the pointer shaft (5, 16), the film (11, 21) has an upstanding portion (14) extending from said stationary part, which upstanding portion is thicker than said film in a central region (26), which central region is windable on said pointer shaft.