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For Sale, BEST OFFER or Auction В» 10d 8h 14m (time left) Price: 20.00 Your local currency В» 1883 E. According to the last book in the Bible, 666 is the number, or name, of the wild beast.Howard Pocket Watches Catalog No 7 1987 E Howard Watch Works. - Boston' text at top center.Welcome to the NAWCC Pocket Watch Message Board!We found 17 records in 14 states for Jake Paul in our US directory. White porcelain dial marked w/black Roman numerals w/sub seconds dial at 6 oclock position. Coin Silver open face pocketwatch w/glass front and back that opens to reveal key winding mechanism.

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Date tables that are based upon dividing the overall range of serial numbers by the total years the watches were in production just don't apply. The rate of production of Keystone-Howard watches was not always a constant. 1912 or 1913 sounds about right for the date. It sounds like you have a 19-jewel, 16-size, open-face watch which is a grade that Keystone-Howard later marked as the Series 5. A Series Two Howard- only 1,200 of these watches were made in. For Sale, BEST OFFER or Auction В» 10d 11h 1m (time left) Price: 5835.92 Your local currency вњєnd the Howard, for the time that the company was in business from about 1858 to 1903, made really the finest watches in the world.

Molly Stark Dueber Watch Co.A very small number of pre-existing Howard watches were finished in the Howard clock factory between 19. Watches bearing the following names are also Hampden watches. No serial number list is available for Hampden watches. Of Chicago who acquired the right to use the name in 1939 but have no other relationship to the old company.

Later 16-size movements were marked with the series numbers, but not the earlier ones. Always input the serial number from the pocket watch movement (the 'guts' of the watch).The grades of many Keystone-Howard movements are identified by their series numbers. Howard Watch Co., based on Hamilton's.

In the instances of two digit catalog numbers, the movement is the 23-jewel series 0. The two rightmost digits of a catalog number identify case material and style and the remaining digit(s) to the left are the series number. The catalog numbers are two, three or four digits. Essentially, the only indication of the movement series numbers in Keystone-Howard catalogs is in the complete watch catalog number. Selman (Sandy) Berger discusses the subject in great detail in his article 'Some Aspects Regarding the Significance and Evolution of Model Number Designations for Keystone Howard Watches,' NAWCC Bulletin, June 2001, pages 305-309.

We may be able to more positively identify it by the shape of the plates. There's still a lot to be learned about it.It would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement (the 'works'), the clearer and sharper, the better, other pictures will help, but this is the most important. Even experienced collectors have a problem understanding Keystone-Howard's series numbering system, especially as it applies to their 3/4-plate, 16-size movements. 413 is a 17-jewel, series 4 movement in the same case.If all of this seems confusing, welcome to the club. 013 - the zero is understood) is a 23-jewel, series 0 movement in a 18 K, solid gold, extra heavy, engine-turned hunting-case. 13 (written that way in lieu of No.

It is believed that all Keystone-Howard watches were furnished in Howard-signed gold, or gold-filled Keystone or Crescent (a Keystone company) cases. Additional pictures and more information can be viewed at Howard Pocket Watches 1858-1930. The picture does not show up in the ' Instant Reply' text box in which you've written your thread or your reply, nor does the picture appear in the ' Preview'Its also helpful if you can post all the markings that are on the movement (the 'works') in case they can't be seen in the picture(s).Pictures and some catalog information on Keystone-Howard watches can be viewed at the excellent E. Note that there is no indication of attaching a file (picture) until you go to actually post your thread or your reply. When the ' Help - FAQs' box opens, click on the question ' How do I upload an image with my post? and follow the instructions.

- Boston' (or some such variation) in addition to the Keystone markings and that the case is marked 'Extra.'(Open Face supplied either Pendant or Lever Setting)'The Open-face lever-setting model of this movement, when fitted in the Howard special dust-proof, Swing Ring case, is especially recommended for railroad service and for the use of railroad men ( see page 40 - Kent's Note: Pages 40-1 further describe the swing ring case). This applies if, and only if, your watch is in its original case is signed 'E. Howard Watch Works, Waltham, Mass, September, 1912, reprinted by Vintage Catalogs, 2003. The information below comes from page 13 of Howard Watches вЂ“ An Illustrated Description of the Complete Series of Howards вЂ“ Including the Latest Developments in this Celebrated Watch, E. Your pictures fail to show some of the significant parts of the case, nor did you post any of the markings, so the below information may not be fully applicable. Keystone-HowardвЂ™s railroad grade watches are discussed in some detail in the NAWCC Bulletin, April 1999, pages 191-206.Your watch case is gold-filled, indicated by the balance (scales) trade mark.

A 1912 catalog shows a later style of Howard 16-size, 19-jewel movement - it is the style shown in the picture further up in this thread, compare the shapes of the bridge fingers. These were apparantly ordered by Howard before they got their production going. You can ignore any 'hand-scratched' characters, they're watch repairers' marks.If you reply with the case information, please let us know (for our record-keeping) if it it lever-set or pendant-set - thanks.A 1907 catalog shows an earlier style of 16-size, 19-jewel watch, one of the Waltham watches made for Howard.

You should have told us the serial number 'cause it isn't all that legible in your pictures.The watch case should be marked 'Howard Watch Co.' to have been the original case on the movement. Encyclopedia article (and looking at your pictures), your Howard movement can be seen to be be seen to be either a Series 4 or a Series 9, 16-size, 17-jewel, open-face movement, built some time between about 19 (thereabouts). This way, the watch has real family heritage instead of it just being an old family watch, the identity and relationship of the original owner having been lost in the distant past.Please feel free to ask about anything that isn't clear to you.Checking the references listed in the E. Even though they may not be readable 100 years from now, some more recent descendent may transfer the files to the then current format and media. You might even include a CD or, better yet, a USB thumb drive with copies of the pictures or information, in addition to the printouts.

You can ignore any 'hand-scratched' characters, they're probably watch repairers' marks.Oh, the plastic crystal on the watch looks like it is discolored. If you tell us the rest of the markings stamped inside the back of the watch case (or post a picture of them), we may be able to tell you something more about it. Was run by the owner of Howard.

E Howard Pocket Watch Serial Numbers