Watch movement, E. Howard & Co.
date: label: date made
content: before 1881
name: label: maker
content: Howard, E.
notes: label: Description
content: Edward Howard established E. Howard & Co. in Boston in 1842. Originally the business was limited to building clocks, but soon expanded to watches and, later, street and tower clocks.
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content: Details:
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content: Movement: spring going barrel, factory identification Series III, half plate, gilt finish, N size (45 mm), 15 jewels, key wind and set at back, bimetallic compensation balance, regulator on back plate; marked on back plate: “E. Howard & Co.,/N/10974 Boston”; marked on balance bridge: “MERSHONS PATENT [regulator] APRIL 26, 1859”; marked around winding arbor: “Reed’s Patent…” [for safety barrel to protect movement from spring]
label: Description
content: Dial: white enamel with Roman numerals, blued steel hands (second hand missing), sunk seconds at 6; marked: “E. HOWARD & CO. BOSTON”
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content: References:
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content: Gerit A. Nijssen, "George P. Reed & Hiram W. Smith, Two of Greater Boston's Individual Watchmakers," pp. 3-24, <i>NAWCC BULLETIN</i> Vol. 47/1, No. 354, February 2005.
label: Description
content: Clint Geller, <i>A Study of E. Howard & Co. Watchmaking Innovations 1858-1875</i> (NAWCC Special Order Supplement No. 6, 2005).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James Arthur Collection, New York University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0416.256
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0416.256
label: accession number
content: 1984.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch movement
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 4.7625 cm