S# 56,307 - Model 1869 L Size movement with swirl-damascened nickel plates, raised, screwed down gold jewel settings, patent regulator, and functional winding mechanisms for both a key and a stem, but key set only. (Note the small detent screw positioned above the winding arbor, present only on Howard movements with factory-installed stem winding mechanisms, to hold the stem in place within the movement.) S# 56,307 is the earliest of three known and complete surviving examples of a partial run of forty nickel KW/SW transitional movements beginning at S# 56,301, that were produced around November, 1876. This example is in an 18K gold hunting case embossed "W. P. & Co." (for Wheeler, Parsons & Co.) and "A1."
