18 can be arranged in the pointer cap 20 the motor 28 can be located on a printed circuit board 34 the pointer cap 20 can be embodied with a glossy injection molded finish or surface coated and can be configured to cover a deflection of illumination for the pointer needle 18 the illumination can be effected by using various possibilities and for example may be effected by an illumination using one or more light emitting diodes 36 which are arranged on an upper side of the printed circuit board 34 that is to say toward the pointer 16 the light emitting diodes 36 then emit their light 38 toward the pointer cap 20 where it is then input into the pointer needle 18 and as a result the pointer needle 18 is irradiated in an emission direction 40 away from the scale and toward a viewer by using deflection and or reflection of the light 38 the distribution of the light 38 in the pointer needle 18 can be effected by using lateral illumination as is explained in relation to fig2 through 5 an alternative constitutes a longitudinally directed illumination which will be explained in relation to fig6 the lateral illumination provides as illustrated in fig2 that the pointer needle 18 has a transparent lightguide 42 and a light tight pointer sheath 44 which surrounds the lightguide 42 laterally transversely with respect to the propagation direction 40 the lightguide 42 can be manufactured for example from pmma or from a polycarbonate the pointer sheath 44 can be provided with a first mount element 46 on one side and a second mount element 48 on the opposite side of the lightguide 42 in fig3 the pointer 16 is illustrated from a perspective from the.