Circa 1942, 1946-1949.
Featured here is a Hamilton Howard tank watch in a 10K yellow gold filled Wadsworth case with a NOS (new old stock) enamel numeral dial and pointex steel blued hands. In 1931 Hamilton bought the goodwill and trademarks of the E. Howard Watch Co. Hamilton produced a limited number of "Howard" watches, primarily to protect their interest in the trademark of the name and brand. The Hamilton-Howards include a dozen 10-size pocket watches (grade H917) finished in 1939 and 1,075 wristwatches, using a 14/0 grade Hamilton 980.
First produced only in 1942 and then from 1946-1949. The Howard 14/0 grade wristwatches were assigned serial numbers HW001-HW1075. The first examples were cased in solid gold cases, the Pierre and Sherwood, but the bulk were cased in 10K gold-filled cases made by Wadsworth using the same case as the Stanford, except marked “HOWARD” inside.
Beneath the dial is a Howard grade H980 manual hand wind movement with 17 jewels has been serviced and kept good time over a 24 hour period. Case measurements are approximately 23mm in width (excluding the crown) x 38mm from lug end to lug end. The inside back case reads: Howard, Wadsworth, 10K Goldfilled, H735632.
Featured here is a Hamilton Howard tank watch in a 10K yellow gold filled Wadsworth case with a NOS (new old stock) enamel numeral dial and pointex steel blued hands. In 1931 Hamilton bought the goodwill and trademarks of the E. Howard Watch Co. Hamilton produced a limited number of "Howard" watches, primarily to protect their interest in the trademark of the name and brand. The Hamilton-Howards include a dozen 10-size pocket watches (grade H917) finished in 1939 and 1,075 wristwatches, using a 14/0 grade Hamilton 980.
First produced only in 1942 and then from 1946-1949. The Howard 14/0 grade wristwatches were assigned serial numbers HW001-HW1075. The first examples were cased in solid gold cases, the Pierre and Sherwood, but the bulk were cased in 10K gold-filled cases made by Wadsworth using the same case as the Stanford, except marked “HOWARD” inside.
Beneath the dial is a Howard grade H980 manual hand wind movement with 17 jewels has been serviced and kept good time over a 24 hour period. Case measurements are approximately 23mm in width (excluding the crown) x 38mm from lug end to lug end. The inside back case reads: Howard, Wadsworth, 10K Goldfilled, H735632.