Found this, looks like some kind of Cherry clone

[Blaise170]

Any ideas of what it could be?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131540002902

[MAR82]

Are those solderless switches?

[nubbinator]

I seem to remember it being some sort of MX compatible inductive switch.  The post at the bottom of the switch goes through the hole in the PCB and triggers a key press.

[jbondeson]

It's a magnetic valve switch.

This Deskthority thread is where those picture originated from

[MAR82]

I seem to remember it being some sort of MX compatible inductive switch.  The post at the bottom of the switch goes through the hole in the PCB and triggers a key press.

From looking at the small part of PCB that we can see, what you say makes total sense.
If I was at my father's place in the US I would pick it up just to play around with

[quake4mhg]

Amazing! How come we don't have this kinda switch now