Hi, I have seen this a couple of times before and wanted to ask the experts. If you look at this Howard watch movement it says 21 jewels and has the arrow with the star in the middle, but it also has a roman 5 or v under the movement arrow and according to Shugarts this is to indicate that there are only 19 jewels and not 21. Is this movement in fact 19 or 21 jewels??? Thank you in advance for all of your help and info.

John

John do you have a picture a little closer up of the movement..I would say that 19 jewel would be right if there is a v under the star...looks like a nice watch

Samie,

I can't seem to inlarge the photo but I can see it larger and yes it does have the V under the arrow. This watch is on Ebay and listed as a 21 jewel I was just wondering if I should inform the seller of their error? I appreciate your input Sam.

John

john if it,s like the one lindell pictured then 21 jewel why the v who knows ,still a nice watch and as Lindell said overlooked by most buyers..

Lindell,
I'm wondering where the 20th & 21st jewels are located on your 10s Howard? There does not seem to be a cap jewel over the pallet arbor. Does the movement have jewelled banking pins?

2 on the center wheel
2 on the 3rd wheel
2 on the 4th wheel
4 on the escape wheel 2hole and 2 cap jewels
2 pallet stones
2 on the pallet fork arbors
1 roller jewel
4 on the balance 2hole and 2 cap jewels

my thought was ruby banking pins.
i can see 19 for sure

here is a 17 jewel you can see it has no cap jewel on the escape wheel..

These watches have jeweled banking similar to the 23J 16 size Keystone Howards. I will try to post a picture later. On the 10 size watches the banking pins are set into the corners of the well and cannot be adjusted. The fork is shaved to alter the banking and it has knobs to facilitate this.