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Hamilton vs Howard, any connection or lineage? "Click" to Login or Register 
IHC Member 1736
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I serviced a couple Hamilton 950s last month and a Howard Series 5 today...

They are amazingly similar.

 
Posts: 2032 | Location: San Diego, California in the USA | Registered: August 30, 2012
IHC Member 1736
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And the 950

 
Posts: 2032 | Location: San Diego, California in the USA | Registered: August 30, 2012
Picture of Peter Kaszubski
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21 jewels model 9 grade 107 Burlington looks like 950 Hamilton and I found them to keep very accurate time .
 
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Picture of Ken Habeeb
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E. Howard became effectively Keystone Howard in 1903, and Keystone Howard was purchased by Hamilton Watch Company in 1930. Perhaps some engineering was transferred as well somewhere along the way.

KH
 
Posts: 921 | Location: California in the USA | Registered: March 25, 2013
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Picture of David Abbe
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These "True Bridge" movements shared the same layout from early on. They were an early way to overcome some issues with the older full plate stuff, but were (themselves) fraught with fitment issues, making them more expensive to control. As Hamilton settled on the 992b as their "ultimate" mechanism, I would expect there was little exchanged to Hamilton besides the US Watch of Waltham/Howard/Keystone machinery.
 
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