S# 4,207 - Model 1862 movement, circa 1862. A rare, early appearance of screwed-down train jewel settings, combined with the early style of Mershon's patented compound regulator. This movement also features a Lange-style escapement in which a single pin, hanging down from the bottom face of the pallet arm, banks against the edges of a circular hole in the dial plate, thus obviating the need for adjustable banking pins screwed into the dial plate. The escape wheel teeth are "toe-ended" with most, but not all the lift on pallets. Hanging pin escapements were the first of a series of uniquely Howard experiments with the dual aims of eliminating adjustable banking pins and making the escapement tolerant of shock. Like S# 3,302, the balance wheel turns in a plane located above the center wheel. The 18K gold hunting case is embossed "C. F. & Co.," for Cooper, Fellows & Co., a prominent early distributor of Howard watches.
