Howard & Company in 1858 and continued until 1903. Regular watchmaking operations began at E.
Howard & Co.," though the actual company name changed several times. parts and signed most of these "Howard & Rice." Thereafter, Howard's new watchmaking firm signed its watches "E.
In Roxbury, Howard finished 500 modified Model 1857 movements primarily from BWCo. Howard & Company of Roxbury (now part of Boston). Two enterprises claimed succession to the Boston Watch Company (BWCo.): the firm which became (after two name changes ) the American Watch Company of Waltham, MA and E.
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Despite its bankruptcy and subsequent sale in 1857, this company's Model "1857" full plate watch design would go on to become the world's first financially successful watch to be manufactured in quantity by truly efficient mass production methods. Dennison and various financial backers became the Boston Watch Company. After several reorganizations and name changes, the enterprise he founded in collaboration with Aaron L. Edward Howard was a successful clockmaker who became a central figure in the birth of the American watchmaking industry in the 1850's.