S# 23,469 - Model 1862 movement S# 23,469, circa 1869, with Cole's resilient banking escapement. This invention vanquished two of Howard's pet peeves at one stroke - adjustable banking pins, which invited indifferent watchmakers to make unwise adjustments; and the tendency of watches to set when subject to shock. While the resilient escapement was a British invention, Howard alone daringly embraced it. S# 23,469 is also only the nineteenth Howard movement equipped with Reed's whiplash regulator, and only the ninth, $125.00 nickel-plated damascened movement so equipped. S# 23,469 is one of the three known damascened and nickel-plated, fully adjusted movements with Cole's resilient banking escapement (all of which appear in the same ten-lot). Thereafter, Howard used Cole's escapement exclusively on low to medium grade movements. Movement S# 23,469 is in a 4 oz., hand-engraved 18K gold hunting case engraved "L.B.," possibly for Lundgren & Bell.
