

- #E HOWARD WATCH COMPANY POCKET WATCH CRESCENT CASE SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #E HOWARD WATCH COMPANY POCKET WATCH CRESCENT CASE SERIAL NUMBER#
- #E HOWARD WATCH COMPANY POCKET WATCH CRESCENT CASE SERIES#
Carl Wyatt Estate ca 1914 ID Number ME.317099 catalog number 317099 accession number 230383 serial number 1183943 Object Name watch Other Terms watch Mechanical, Spring-Driven Pocket Watch Physical Description gold (watch case material) nickel (watch movement material) Measurements overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 3/8 in 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x. Location Currently not on view Credit Line W. The style of the dial-easily-read bold black numbers, minute marks and hands-evolved for railroad watches. Boston U.S.A." In a 10k gold case, the nickel movement with serial number 1183943 is stem-wound and set with a lever at the side of the case near the dial’s numeral one. Keystone had bought the rights to use the Howard name, and the watch is marked: "E. Description Made about 1914, this watch-both case and movement-were manufactured by the Keystone Watch Case Company. Howard 17 Jewels Pocket Watch 349.
#E HOWARD WATCH COMPANY POCKET WATCH CRESCENT CASE SERIAL NUMBERS#
Serial numbers would be assigned for different grade (or in Howard's case, Series') of watches months in advance, parts would be made and then, depending upon business conditions, the labor (the expensive part of watch manufacturing for higher grade watches) would be expended to turn them into finished movements. This sort of thing was common across the industry. What's more, other records from that same factory show that large numbers of watches having serial numbers in the range of 800001 - 811001 were finished and sold in 1910. Every watch I accept for restoration is fully disassembled for servicing. If your watch isnt in poor condition as most 70 year old watches are, expect to pay less. The current condition of your pocket watch will determine all.

Notice that of the 42 watch serial numbers (in sequence) shown, 786001 - 786041, they were finished and sold over a period of two years, 1911 - 1913. The following pricing is a guideline of what your pocket watch may need to again become a beautiful and dependable daily companion. Here is a sample page from a microfilm of the records from a different watch factory (Hamilton). There are extremely strong indications that the serial numbers overall are not in chronological order.

The people who regularly post on this message board have been researching this sort of thing for decades. Gross weight of case and movement 111.3 grams. Porcelain white dial, chapters identified with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds at six.
#E HOWARD WATCH COMPANY POCKET WATCH CRESCENT CASE SERIES#
movement serial numbers to manufacture dates. Key wind/set 15 jewel gilt brass movement 'N' series set in 18k case not identified as original to watch. No surviving factory records have come to light that tie E.
