Soon afterwards, Howard bought out Rice's share, continuing the company independently with a focus on producing high quality watches based on his own unique designs and eccentric production methods.

On December 1, 1881, the E. Howard Watch & Clock Company was established as a joint stock corporation to succeed the earlier firm.

This firm continued the manufacture of many clock styles, primarily weight driven wall timepieces and regulators of fine quality.

In 1975, Dana J. Blackwell, as a new Vice President of the firm, revived clock production, reintroducing several of the more popular models to the market.

Movements in these later clocks maintained the high standards the Howard firm had become famous for and cases were made to very strict specifications.

A manager was brought in by the bankruptcy court and after creditors were satisfied, the firm sold the clockmaking portion of the business to private investors who continue to offer Howard clocks.