you can see comparative prices of the other watches in the 1926 Otto Young & Co.
E howard watch company pocket watch 19 jewels series#
Of course your Series 5 wasn't at the top either. All three of these were value engineered watches and were not at the top of their respective lines. Howard watches always sold at a higher price than the other railroad grades you have previously mentioned, the Bunn Special, No. The company sold complete watches from about the grade of your Burlington and up to one of the highest grade watches made in this country, the 16-size, 23-jewel, Edward Howard grade. Well, there was a lot of money to be made selling high grade watches. I don't have much with me (serial numbers, etc.), but I may be able to make something out of seeing the movement.įirst guess would be that it's a Series 5 RR grade.emphasis on guess. Oh, the typical reminder here.pictures always help when you need information.
I'll get back with more when I can.Įither way, I believe they are generally thought of as a rather nice addition to a collection. Credit for about half of this information must go to George E. There were a good bit of RR grade Keystone-Howards, but they were all 16s. They were in business for about 25 years and marked their movements "E. Howard & Company would no longer manufacture watches. Nothing was actually transferred except the name, and the agreement that E. sold to the Keystone Watch Case Co., Philadelphia, PA, in 1903. Once again, not much information on hand, but I can fill in some details when I'm back around the house this weekend (no doubt some, or many, details will be posted before I get to it).Į. Howard was working and "involved" from the early 1840's. Howard didn't start making watches until 1858, but Mr. The first RR grade they made was in 1893 (for rial number a little over 225,000).
Away from home until tomorrow, so I don't have much information on hand, but certainly E.
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