The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-26

Congress street, Boston, sole agent for tho sale
| INV Watches in the United States of America.
| April is, 1858. CHARLES FRODSHAM.
| The Undersigned having been appointed sole Agen
I'm the United States for the sale OF Charles Frodsham
improved Timekeepers, would respectfully call public
attention to his extensive and valuable stock of Com
| pensated Chronometer Watches, made by Charlie
| Frodsham, and styled his New Series" In tn,
| Watches of the new series, MI Frodsham has sue
ceeded-by more perfect method of compensation
a more correct adjustment in isochronism, and an
tirey and peculiar construction of the train, by
| which more power is obtained without increase O
size-in producing timekeepers of wonderful and un
rivalled accuracy. The great importance of the i'm
proved Watches is perfect regularity of time under
every variety of climate motion, and position. Sc
perfect the djustments that the most violent
ercise-such as horseback riding, jumping, &c-pro
duces on them sensible effect. They are therefore
peculiarly adapted to railroad purposes.
The scientific French critic, Mons. Borsendorf in
his review of tho Great London Exhibition of 1851
styles the contribution Of Mr.. Charles Frodsham as
bearing the stamp of peculiar merit and as being
the flower of the English school"
The British Government have awarded Messrs
Arnold and Charles Frodsham the sum of f3 10 fo1
the excellence of the principle Of their timekeepcrs
One of Mr.. Frodsham's correspondents writes as
follows:
LONDON, april 20, 1852
SIR 1 have much pleasure in giving an account
Of the Gold Compensation Lever Watch No. 1925
you have made for me, and in which expressly slip
ulated that it should maintain uniform rate of going
under every,yariety of motion and climate. This il
has done in most remarkable manner its rate Of
going for the first six months five seconds per
month, and in the next six months it changed its rate
n little faster viz eight seconds per month"; and at
the end of 1856 days it found to be fast of Green
witch mean time ono minute and fifteen seconds
pcct such performance, yet believe it is only the
usual character of your improved watches which you
term your =" new series
remain, sir, yours, respectfully,
THOMAS BARTLETT.
TO Mr.. Chorles FiodSsana.
The undersigned has received the following
BosToN, October S. 1853.
SIR: herewith give you an account of the re-
markable performance of the watch I purchased OF
you, made by Charles Frodsham, No. 70I4 Its total
variation for II months, by weekly observations,
but one minute and ffty-fve seconds.
Yours, respectfully, BILLINGS BRIGGs.
To Mr.. Simon Willard
BosroN, September 3, 1853.
The Compensated Lever Watch purchased of you,
made By Charles Frodsham of London, No. 1900,
has varied but thirty seconds from time in six
months by actual daily comparison with your rcgu-
Mr.. Simon Willard.
The undersigned is permitted to refer to the follow
ing gentlemen, who, among many others, have proved
the excellence of Frodsham's Watches timekeep-
crs:
Enoch Train Esq VIM. Whiting, Esq.
E. G.. Bates, ESQ. Geo. NJ. Thacher, Esq.
F. W. Thayer, ESD. David Dyer, Esq.
f. f. Osborne, Esq, Sandusky
Eben. Lane, Esq, ! Ohio.
The subscriber would respectfully state that the
above Watches are designed and executed by Mr..
Frodsham and himself, especially to meet the de-
mands of the American public in the great essential
of perfect time, and that in this and in external
beauty they stand unrivalled.
All orders addressed to the undersigned will receive
immediate attention. SIMON WILLARD,
Jan. 5. No. Congress street, Boston.