Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Description:

This stem-winding watch was made by E. Howard and Company of Boston, Mass. The firm was an American pioneer in building the high-quality stem-winding watches that replaced key-wound watches in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Company founder Edward Howard began a clockmaking business in 1842, branched out into watchmaking about 1850 with partners in what would eventually become the American Watch Company in Waltham and then left to form his own watch company in 1858. Howard retired in 1881, but the firm carried on under various names until the early 21st century.

Date Made: ca 18761873

Maker: Howard Watch Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

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Credit Line: James Arthur Collection, New York University

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1984.0416.229Catalog Number: 1984.0416.229Accession Number: 1984.0416

Object Name: watch

Measurements: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.5875 cmopen: 2 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 8.255 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-74d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1203498

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