i recently had a watch appraised by a watchsmith at howarths (if he actually exists)and was always out of town if you wanted to speak with him, the wath came back with the appraisal only the case numbers where listed on the paper and and not the mechanism number, 2 scratches inside the case ,polish had managed to find its way into the mechanism,i had already spent $400 on giving it a service and clean only to have to do it again,i didn't trust sending it back to be done by howarth's,when i called to complain ,attitude was recieved in abbundance,the appraisal cost me $80 plus the additional cleaning of $400.i was hoping to sell the watch but know with the money investd in it wouldnt be worth it, i would have to ask for 50% more to cover my cost which is not fare on the buyer

thanks howarth's for ruining what should have been a good investment