Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

We're here in Boston, and what is so fascinating is the fact that Boston was a major, major manufacturing city for watches. And before factories were set up in Waltham, it was very difficult to get a watch. And one of the founding members of the American watch industry was a man named Edward Howard, who also had his factory in Boston. And together, we've turned up both an Edward Howard watch and a Waltham. Waltham was to watches as General Motors or Ford was to automobiles. They basically were the company that put watches in everybody's pocket. Howard, on the other hand, was more of a boutique industry, and Howard watches are interesting to collectors because they look like no other watches that were made before or since. And if you open up the back of a Howard, it is this wonderful mechanism, and they're highly prized. Walthams in this condition, which are very common, would be worth $1,500 to $2,000 simply because of its condition. The Howard, on the other hand, although it's not in as nice condition, is worth maybe $1,500, $2,500 as well.

GUEST

That's pretty good.