HOWARD 1930 American Pocket Watch Converted to Luxury Marriage Wristwatch

Description: Great rarity in the collection! Manual custom manufacturing for demanding clients! Original, antique, American watch movement of the HOWARD brand! Transparent case back! I offer large, XXL, unique, antique, luxury pocket / wrist watch by HOWARD 1930 with case diameter of 50 mm. American watch production. Custom handmade production. The original, quality and reliable, antique (more than 90 years old), American watch movement HOWARD with micro regulation, fully fitted with stones (17 ruby jewels), originally from pocket watch, was restored by a watchmaker master and set into a new, stainless steel wristwatch case. The case has mineral glass and is transparent on both sides, so the owner can look at the precise watch movement. The dial is original - metallic. Beautiful hands are original - antique, blued by annealing in the flame. This unique watch was made to order in the year of 2024 only in one piece. It can be considered as new and not worn. This is an original, singular time piece that no one else has and you only will have it. This watch have the inimitable charm of bygone times which no modern watches have. Fully functional and keeps the accurate time. The height of the solid case is 10 mm and its length from the strap to the strap is 71 mm. Power reserve is about 30 hours. I also add a new, quality, 20 mm of width, watch strap and new, wooden, lacquered watch box for free. I give a 3-week money back guarantee if you will be not happy. The price is very friendly, so do not hesitate to buy it. Shipping is free. HOWARD COMPANY HISTORY: Edward Howard, without doubt one of the most respected names in the history of American horology, started the Howard Watch Company after the failure of the Boston Watch Company (1853-1857). His goal was to produce watches of the highest quality using interchangeable machine-made parts. With his financial partner, Charles Rice, Howard moved the tools, machinery and watches "in progress" from the defunct Boston Watch Company to their Roxbury factory in late 1857. During their first year of operation, the machinery was retooled for the production of a new watch of Howard's design, and the remaining Boston Watch Company movements were completed. These movements were signed "E. Howard & Co." on the dials and "Howard & Rice" on the movements. By the summer of 1858, Edward Howard produced the first watch of his own design, a watch that was entirely different from previous watches. The top plate was made in two sections (split plate) and had six pillars instead of the usual four found in a full-plate watch. This watch also introduced the more accurate quick-train to the American market. Balances were gold or steel at first, and later bi-metallic compensating balances with gold screws were used. Reed's patented barrel was used on early watches, but by 1868, Howard patented a new steel motor barrel which replaced the Reed's barrels in Howard watches. Howard also introduced the first stem-winding watch in 1868, and was probably the first to market such a watch in the USA. The manufacture of key-wind movements was discontinued altogether by 1878. Howard was first to use the Reed patented micrometer regulator, and was the first to offer watches adjusted to six positions. REFERENCE: http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/howard.html SHIPPING: Worldwide, free. Except exclude list. We ship withim three business day after receiving of cleared payment.I do my best to keep my dear customers of any additional costs associated with the delivery and receipt of orders. PAYMENT: Buyer must notify me within 24 hrs of auction close as to how and when he or she intends to pay. Winning bidders must fully pay within 7 days of the auction. After 7 days the piece will be relisted and appropriate action taken against the non-paying bidder. I participate in the eBay Non-Paying Bidder program.Zero feedback and negative feedback bidders must first email me BEFORE bidding. All I need is a brief courtesy email telling me who you are and how you would intend to pay if you where successful. I reserve the right to cancel any bids on this auction. RETURNS: If you aren’t completely satisfied with your purchase, please return the merchandise within 30 days after receiving watch for exchange or refund.After receiving the returned item, I will make a full refund for your original payment. Recommendations for the owner of vintage watches:- All Antique watches are mechanical. Many repairs will not be cheap, as most likely they will require replacement of non-standard parts (unlike most late model watches).- Antique watches should not be beaten or dropped - because repairs may be expensive.- Antique watches are generally NOT waterproof. This is because waterproofing was not in general production until the middle of the 20th century for most watches. Therefore you should protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.- If your watch becomes wet it should be dried off quickly. Carefully open all covers and use a hair drier to blow dry the movement, dial, covers, crown. This will reduce the amount of rust.- If your watch becomes wet with any kind of salt water you should immediately immerse or spray your watch with fresh (no-salt) water to remove all the salt from the works before drying the watch completely. Any salt left in the watch will combine with moisture in the air to rust metal components of the movement, case etc.- Winding any mechanical watch tight may break the mainspring. If you can avoid it do not wind the watch hard.- When adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only. Counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement.- If you must adjust counter-clockwise make it for small adjustments only (i.e. for minutes, NOT hours).- Be careful and gentle when adjusting the movement speed (faster or slower). Don't make sharp movements, and don't touch other components in the movement especially the pendulum mechanism.- Every 2-3 years it is necessary to service and oil vintage watches.- If the watch is dirty - allow the watch to run down, don't wind it again until you have it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove important lubricants and cause the movement pieces to wear down.- To clean the case, dial and crystal you should use a cloth that does NOT leave fibers as these may get caught up in the movement. Check with your Watch repair expert to get an appropriate cloth.- Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made with iron based components in the movement.- Most Cases and Covers are fine components and will not handle abuse well. The watch should not be shaken, beaten, or stressed.- Antique watches generally experience an error of up to 5-7 minutes a day. Any accuracy of +- 5 minutes is very good. I look forward to trading positive feedbacks! Dear Customers, we greatly ask you:Please bid after you have carefully read the entire description. If you are completely satisfied with the description I then encourage you to place your bid. This will ensure that you are entirely happy with your selection and purchase. When this happens, you and I will both be pleased. You will most assuredly enjoy your new watch and the attention and comments you will receive each time you wear your new watch!

Price: 830 USD

Location: Budyne nad Ohri

End Time: 2024-09-19T19:52:18.000Z

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