23-jewel Series 0 Keystone-Howard

Edward Howard decided to go solo after the failure of the Boston Watch Co in 1857 and established his own venture in Roxbury, Massachusetts a few years later. After Howard retired in 1882, the company he had started continued production until 1902, when the rights to use the Howard name were purchased by the Keystone Watch Case Co, which began making complete watches with brand-new designs, whereas the original Howard factory made only uncased movements. This original-combination pendant-set 23-jewel Series 0 has the coveted jeweled mainspring barrel and has just been completely restored with a new alloy mainspring. It fronts a gorgeous double-sunk Arabic dial and blued light spade-and-poker hands, and comes in its factory-marked 25-year gold-filled clamshell case with a blank cuvette, a tight bow, a sharp crown, and a new beveled glass crystal.