NO RESERVE AUCTION! – THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WATCH IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. IN A SILVER CASE, THIS WATCH BOOKS FOR $6,000.00! IF UNDER No.300 IT BOOKS FOR $8,000.00 – THIS ONE IS No. 419! I HAVE NOT SEEN A SERIAL NUMBER OF AN E. HOWARD & Co. THIS LOW EVER!

ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE EARLY HOWARDS, THIS IS A SERIEIS I AND IS A “2-STAR” WATCH IN THE PRICE GUIDE AND A “4-STAR” WATCH IF UNDER NUMBER 300! THIS RARE BEAUTY IS NUMBER 419!

OFFERED FOR AUCTION IS A WONDERFUL, E. HOWARD & Co., SERIES I, ANTIQUE, KEY WIND POCKET WATCH MADE IN 1858. YES, THE CIVIL WAR HAD NOT STARTED YET WHEN THIS WATCH WAS NEW! IT IS IN A DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, SOLID 0.900 FINE COIN SILVER HUNTING CASE! THE CASE IS MINT, THE DIAL IS MINT AND THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RESTORED! IT IS ALMOST LIKE NEW!

I HAVE JUST HAD THIS WATCH COMPLETELY AND PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED / SERVICED AT CONSIDERABLE COST: CLEANED, LUBRICATED AND REGULATED. IT IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME. IT COMES WITH A 30 DAY WARRANTY SO BID WITH CONFINDENCE! THIS ONE IS BEING OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE!

THE GILT MOVEMENT IS SIGHED “E. HOWARD & COMPANY BOSTON JULY 24TH 1857 REEDS PATENTED No. 419”. THE MOVEMENT, LIKE THE DIAL IS IN MINT CONDITION. IT IS A 15-JEWEL, GILT, SPLIT PLATE CONFIGURATION, KEY WIND AND KEY SET FROM THE BACK, N SIZE, JEWELLED LEVER MOVEMENT, BIMETALLIC COMPENSATION BALANCE AND HAS THE MERSHON’S PATENT REGULATOR. A WORK OF ART. NOTICE ALL THE ORIGINAL BLUE SCREWS.

THE SERIAL NUMBER IS JUST THREE DIGITS, 419, WHICH PUTS PRODUCTION IN 1858. YES, THIS WATCH IS A STAGGERING 159 YEARS OLD AND LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY! LESS THAN 1800 OF THESE SCARCE SERIES I HOWARD’S MADE! YES, A KEY TO WIND AND SET THE WATCH IS INCLUDED.

THE WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL MINT PORCELAIN WHITE DIAL, WITH ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR MARKERS – NO HAIRLINES AND NO CHIPS – PERFECT! THE WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL HOWARD BLUE STEEL HANDS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THE WATCH COMES IN A BEAUTIFUL COIN SILVER, 0.900 FINE SILVER HUNTING CASE! THIS CASE IS VERY NEAR MINT TO MINT AND SHOWING ONLY VERY LIGHT WEAR. NO MAJOR DINGS, NO MAJOR DENTS AND NO MAJOR SCRATCHES! EXCELLENT GOLD SOLIDERED HINGES – ALL COVERS OPEN TO EXACTLY 90 DEGREES!

THE PICTURES DO NOT DO THIS WATCH JUSTICE – IS IT TIME TO OWN A WATCH THAT GOES UP IN VALUE INSTEAD OF DOWN?

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