Whats with the 'swinging needle' signal display?
This is swings and roundabouts...
One one hand, you get to see much finer graduations of signal (good for assisting people in testing, as the needle signal meters show very slight differences in signal, whereas the LCD segment displays cannot show this so well). This can be down to "a needles' width".
On the other hand, the swinging needle displays like the Walkers' are not so easy to see at a distance, and cannot be read so easily at a glance as the LCD type.