Mega Rare Antique E Howard Series XIII Pocket Watch Gilded Salesman Display Case
Up for sale is a Rare Beautiful Antique 18s E Howard Pocket Watch in Beautiful Gilded Salesman Display. Hands and Glass Crystals are in excellent condition please see the. The Watch size is 18 with 15 Ruby Jewels. It’s Stem Wind and Stem set. The watch was recently serviced, running STRONG and keeping an excellent time. Please look closely at the pictures as they part of the description. Thank You and Good Luck!!! December 11, 1858 – 1903. His goal was to produce watches of the highest quality using interchangeable machine-made parts. With his financial partner, Charles Rice, Howard moved the tools, machinery and watches “in progress” from the defunct Boston Watch Company to their Roxbury factory in late 1857. During their first year of operation, the machinery was retooled for the production of a new watch of Howard’s design, and the remaining Boston Watch Company movements were completed. These movements were signed E. ” on the dials and “Howard & Rice on the movements. By the summer of 1858, Edward Howard produced the first watch of his own design, a watch that was entirely different from previous watches. The top plate was made in two sections (split plate) and had six pillars instead of the usual four found in a full-plate watch. This watch also introduced the more accurate quick-train to the American market. Balances were gold or steel at first, and later bi-metallic compensating balances with gold screws were used. Reed’s patented barrel was used on early watches, but by 1868, Howard patented a new steel motor barrel which replaced the Reed’s barrels in Howard watches. Howard also introduced the first stem-winding watch in 1868, and was probably the first to market such a watch in the USA. The manufacture of key-wind movements was discontinued altogether by 1878. Howard was first to use the Reed patented micrometer regulator, and was the first to offer watches adjusted to six positions. Howard dials were always made of hard enamel, and bore the name E. Edward Howard retired in 1882, but his company continued to sell watch movements in grades and styles established by Howard until 1903. Howard is NOT the same as Keystone-Howard. These watches are commonly called Keystone-Howards. Sizes of Howard watches were designated using the Dennison system of measurement (see table below). By 1869, Howard had progressed from the “N” size movements (approximately 18-size) to the smaller “L” size movements (approximately 16-size). Howard produced watches in sizes G, I, J, K, L and N, which corresponds approximately to size 6, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 respectively. The item “Mega Rare Antique E Howard Series XIII Pocket Watch Gilded Salesman Display Case” is in sale since Thursday, August 8, 2019. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “ticker-ticker” and is located in Chatham, New Jersey. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Number of Jewels: 15 Jewels
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: Father Time
- Pocket Watch Size: 18
- Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding
- Country Made: USA
- Year of Manufacture: 1880-1889
- Features: Easy To Read
- Closure: Open Face
- Brand: E. Howard Watch Co
- Serial Number: 305333