I wonder if the missing "11" could have something to do with the BPOE tradition of toasting departed members 11 PM.

From an old auction of mine for engraved bpoe chips with the clock:

DESCRIPTION: The design is that of the Elks Club emblem/logo. Note the elk head and the clock dial which shows the hands at 11:00. That is the hour for a moment of silence at Elks Club meetings in memory of departed members, and also the end of the meeting. It is also the famous hour at which World War I ended -- "the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month". The interesting connection between the Elks Club's eleven o'clock and Armistice Day's eleven o'clock is explained below. ... ... .... Note: I am also running an auction at this time for the same chip in four colors; to find that auction, click the link above that says "View seller's other items."

A brief Elks Club history, as found on the Web -- "The Elks was founded in 1868 in New York as a drinking club but later broadened into a fraternal, charitable, and service organization. Membership was for many years limited to male citizens of the U.S., 21 years of age or older, who believe in God and are not a member of the Communist Party. Today it is open to all U.S. citizens over the age of 21. The animal from which the Order took its name was chosen because a number of attributes were deemed typical of those to be cultivated by members of the fraternity. The Elk is distinctively an American animal, which habitually lives in herds. It is the largest of our native deer, yet fleet footed and graceful. It is quick, has keen perception, and while usually gentle is strong and valiant in defense of its own. The organization's aims are the four cardinal virtues of charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity; the promotion of the welfare and happiness of their members; the fostering of patriotism; and the cultivation of good fellowship. The Elk's logo shows an Elk with a clock face behind. This clock is always showing 11:00. This stands for the 11th hour. In the early part of this century all Elks Lodge meetings ended at 11:00 pm with a toast to absent brothers. Today this ritual is, for the most part, no longer followed and the meetings are ended at an earlier hour."

One eBay contributor put it this way -- "As with many organizations, the hour of 11 is the hour of recollection -- when
one remembers friends who are no longer present because they have moved away,
moved on or died. There was a time when that hour was respected as the last
hour of the day, just before midnight when a new day would dawn.
To Elks, the hour of 11 is "the golden hour of recollection" and the toast we
give at that hour ends with "to our absent members.""

An Elks Club official provided me with the link between the Elks' 11:00 and Armistice Day's 11:00 -- "There is a connection between the Armistice and the Elks 11 o'clock toast but it's the reverse of what you think. The Order of Elks was
founded in 1868- about 3 years after the end of the Civil War, and the
11 o'clock toast began along with it. Many decades later when the US was
nearing the end of WW I, Pres. Wilson honored Gen. John J. Pershing, his
triumphant Commanding Officer of the US Expeditionary Forces, with
allowing him to set the date and time of the War's end. Gen. Pershing
was a good Elk, so he chose the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month. ... ... .... The Germans negotiated the surrender terms with senior members of the Allied forces and diplomats from Nov. 5th-8th, 1918, at Compiegne, 40 miles NW
of Paris. The proposed documents were then couriered to Paris for
Pershing's final okay. Pershing then set the official armistice time for
three days later; the papers were all signed at 5 a.m. on Nov. 11, and
right on Pershing's specified schedule, six hours later at 11 a.m., the
big cannons ceased their salvos -- the silence of a world once more at
peace descended."

Robert