Boxed 16-size 17-jewel Model '05 Keystone-Howard w/ Paperwork

The case-manufacturing giant Keystone Watch Case Co bought the use of Edward Howard's name in 1902 and began production the very next year as Keystone-Howard. Their models were entirely new from those of Howard's designs forty years earlier, though the watch plates would continue to bear the name of E Howard. By 1905 the Series III had been launched, which were cased by the factory and sold as complete watches. This fantastic example was just thoroughly cleaned and reassembled, and once again has a heartbeat, timed here to the digital shop master. It still has its original dust band, everything under the dial is matching and correct, and the plates are remarkably free of corrosion. The single-sunk Arabic dial has a single light hairline at the 9:00 position, and the slender blued hands are likewise correct for this model. The 25-year gold-filled Keystone hunting case has very little mileage, showing the initials of what is likely the first owner on the shield and his full name on the cuvette. The hinges are tight, the crown is sharp and the crystal is glass, but the cherry on top is the factory mahogany box that still has the warranty cards with the hand-written serial numbers that match both the case and the movement.