Felt like a wind-up week-end with something very old today, so here's my Hamilton Linwood. Quite some patina on the dial, quite a bit of wear on the case, but the gold fill is still holding up and everything is where it should be - not bad for a 1939 watch.
I would wear this more often, but it still has the purple stuff on the back, and I decided I'll keep it that way: my boy can decide when the time comes!
I would wear this more often, but it still has the purple stuff on the back, and I decided I'll keep it that way: my boy can decide when the time comes!
I call dibs if your son isn't interested! That's a sharp one!
The very watch that was the first watch I ever “collected” and added to a (then) modest collection. This was about 45 years ago. This is a Keystone Howard series V (5) from circa 1908. Double sunk 24-hour vitreous enamel Montgomery dial, 19-jewels, lever set, original Crescent Watch Case Co. case marked Howard Watch Co., Boston. The Keystone watch case co. bought the rights to use the Howard name on watches after the death of Edward Howard. E. Howard & Co. still existed, but Keystone was obliged the use the Howard Watch Co. on their watches to distinguish that they were a separate company. I now have 7 Keystone Howards and one E Howard in my collection.
Notice the @Duracuir1 leather lanyard.