Antique Howard
Posted in Watches on 01/22/2010 04:12 pm by adminAnyone know anything about this antique pocket watch?
I own a Jewelry store and I recently took this watch in as a trade. The watch looks valuable but the truth is I know nothing about watches. Can anyone tell me anything about it? What does the stamp warranted mean?
Its stamped Warranted 18 Karat Fine then on the back inside cover it has the serial number 71280, then inside it has the serial number again 71280 with a second number which says 199. Then on the inside workings it has a serial number which says 303910. It says E.Howard & CO then it says Boston, this is both on the front and inside workings of the watch. Watch case sice is 18.
Here is a link to some pictures of the watchs case workings and face. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab23/mick52161/
What you have is a very, very nice Series VII E. Howard watch in its original 18K gold case.
Howard was a small, but prestigious, US watch company. While Elgin and Waltham made about 55 million and 45 million watches, respectively, the E. Howard company only made about 70,000 watches total-making them comparatively hard to find.
Most were originally cased in 18K gold, and the cases would only fit Howard watches. Many have lost their cases due to scrapping over the years, which makes them comparatively hard to find in original cases.
Howards were among the best watches made in America.
Your particular watch is part of a run of watches which were completed between 8/10/1888 and 6/14/1890. Your watch is a "stag" grade, meaning it's adjusted to temperature, isochronism, and all 6 positions(this was Howard's highest grade watch). Like nearly all Howards, your watch has 15 jewels. It's an N size watch, which is actually slightly larger than 18 size.
The "Warranted" stamp on the case was marketing speak offering a guarantee that if the case were assayed, it would assay to 18K.
All told, you have a very nice, and very valuable watch. A reasonable guess on value would be in the $2000-3000 neighborhood.
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