SIGNED E. HOWARD & CO., BOSTON, NO. 24397, SIZE N, SERIES III. CIRCA 1870

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E. Howard & Co. A good 18 carat gold hunter pocket watch with Cole's escapement
Signed E. Howard & Co., Boston, No. 24397, Size N, Series III. Circa 1870
The frosted gilt half plate movement jewelled to the third, the going barrel with steel stop work, the bimetallic balance with ruby endstone, swan-neck micrometer regulation, flat blued steel hairspring, Cole's lever escapement, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, the 18 carat gold case with engine turned covers and scrolled floral decoration, unsigned central cartouche the front cover numbered 1542, with maker's stamp E.H. & Co.
54 mm. diam.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Bought Christie's, 17 June, 1986, lot 161.

Watches by E. Howard & Co. with Cole's escapement are rare. The resilient lever escapement was one of James Ferguson Cole's inventions of the mid 19th Century with an unusual banking system. Although Cole did not use it often, Edward Howard made about 800 watches with this escapement.

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