Watch Carefully
09-06-2006, 09:16 AM
Hello all,
My name is Brad Jacobs and I've just had the honor of being named the moderator of this forum by our esteemed hosts. I hope everyone in the WDF and DWF will feel free to come here to discuss PWs, timers, clocks and other non-Wrist timepieces.
For starters, I'd like to share some vintage Howard pocket watches I own and enjoy. A couple of them are 10-size "Thin Model" watches from the 1920s. I have one working 17j watch and one project movement of the top grade: 21 jewels, including ruby banking pins:
http://www.fototime.com/AB2A7ABB87E1A68/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/E1687D22C5C38C5/standard.jpg
Here is a rather grainy shot of the banking pins of the 12j movement:
http://www.fototime.com/13416AF1CD3A280/standard.jpg
Also in my collection is a 12-size dress watch (ca 1910s) that belonged to my great grandfather:
http://www.fototime.com/BF42D63B48310CC/standard.jpg
It's a beauty and a real strong runner:
http://www.fototime.com/EC4FA71B93E58A9/standard.jpg
Many of you know that Howard (and, later, the Illinois W. C.) was bought by Hamilton in the late 1920s. Howard made some of the best watches in their day (even prior to the establishment of Hamilton in the 1890s) and continued innovating right up unto the last decade of their existence. There are rabid collectors of Howard watches out there. I've got more of a passing interest...there is so much to learn!
Cheers,
Brad
My name is Brad Jacobs and I've just had the honor of being named the moderator of this forum by our esteemed hosts. I hope everyone in the WDF and DWF will feel free to come here to discuss PWs, timers, clocks and other non-Wrist timepieces.
For starters, I'd like to share some vintage Howard pocket watches I own and enjoy. A couple of them are 10-size "Thin Model" watches from the 1920s. I have one working 17j watch and one project movement of the top grade: 21 jewels, including ruby banking pins:
http://www.fototime.com/AB2A7ABB87E1A68/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/E1687D22C5C38C5/standard.jpg
Here is a rather grainy shot of the banking pins of the 12j movement:
http://www.fototime.com/13416AF1CD3A280/standard.jpg
Also in my collection is a 12-size dress watch (ca 1910s) that belonged to my great grandfather:
http://www.fototime.com/BF42D63B48310CC/standard.jpg
It's a beauty and a real strong runner:
http://www.fototime.com/EC4FA71B93E58A9/standard.jpg
Many of you know that Howard (and, later, the Illinois W. C.) was bought by Hamilton in the late 1920s. Howard made some of the best watches in their day (even prior to the establishment of Hamilton in the 1890s) and continued innovating right up unto the last decade of their existence. There are rabid collectors of Howard watches out there. I've got more of a passing interest...there is so much to learn!
Cheers,
Brad