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AAEklCAN hAIIhAs 4hE4k MANufACTUR
AT WALTHAN, MAss.-CoNPARIsoN WITH III
FOREIGS PRODUcT.-In this age of splendi
mechanical triumphs, in which our own coun
try stands SO proudly foremost, there is on
that is just beginning to receive the attention
and prominence it deserves. The same perfcc
tiOn of machinery that has made Colts fire
arms, the acknowledged best in the world, afte
patient experiment, has been successfully ap
piled to the manufacture of watches.
The introduction Of American watches mark
an era in the history of time and timekeepers
and may well be joined with the Atlantic rele
graph, the Sewing Machine, and other kindre,
successes Of mind over matter, which so won
derfully distinguish the present period.
Hitherto, England AMI Switzerland have beel
the waichmakers of the world. Coventry anC
Prescott in Lancashire and Warwickshire, il
England, and LOcle and La Chaux de Fonds il
the northern cantOns Of Switzerland, by LAX
Geneva, have been and are the worlds famet
seats of watch manufacture but now it seem
that Waltham, Mass, has surpassed these ol.
world competitors, and with machinery, sys
TEN and intelligent skill, unaided by protection
Of any kind, already produces the most thor
Ough ,xact timekeePers, at about half the cost
OF the best foreign watches.
All imported watches are made by hand, the
movements and pats of movements by different
persons. and At different times and places; auC
each watch is finally finished with special ref
erence TO ltself-eyeTy part being made to sui
only one place, and the whole Increment fitted
to case which will suit no other movement
no two watches being in all respects, approxi
mately, alike
a large majority of these watches are worth.
less, as timekeepers, and a constant bill of ex-
pense to their owners, over $4,000 600 being
annually thrown away in vain attempts to i'm
prove them.
The American watches are constructed upon
the most scientific and approved principles, de.
signed 10 secure uniformity, simplicity, duTabil
/ ity, cheapness, and unyaTying perfection o.
movement, and are sold with 4 certificate o
warranty in all eases, for ten years, signed by
the manu- lecturers.
The specific advantages of these watches to
dealers snd wearers, as compared with the best
| imported hand made watches, will be most read
| lily apprehended by the following enumeration
to wit: Each watch and each part Of every watch
of given style, is the unvarying counterpart
of every watch Of the same style, so that any
single part is exactly fitted, and may be trans.
posed Unfortunately 10 make up any one OF
any number of watches. The movements are
made to fit any one of any number of cases, thus
enabling the dealer to keep a large and varied
stock of movements with limited number OF
cases, TO suit the demands of trade
The ease and facility with which any part
can be restored when broken OF lost by accident
each part being registered at the factory
counterpart can be had for the mere cost of re
production, and with whole movements changed
and sent by mail or express to any part of The
world. Dealers are thus brought directly in
contact with the manufacturer, and q single
retail profit is the only added cost to the wear
er, TO manufacturers prices
The watches have fewer parts, are more sub
stantially made than any others, are easily kept
clear, and the chances for failure by breakage
are diminished four-ftths as compared with tho
/ English watch, which has upwards of eight hun
dred separate parts, while the American watch
| has bat one hundred and twenty-five parts, and
most of these are SO substantial, and all so per
feet, that it would be very difficult to break
them.
The American watch is cminently adapted fol
railroad engineers aud conductors, where exaci
time Is Of the utmost importance, and where the
constant jar Of the moving train oilers the mOsl
/ trying test TO prove the quality Of watch as
| timekeeper. Many eminent engineers and con
ductors on the leading railroads of the country
have been supplied with these watches andn
will have no other.
| There is no article Of the common use that i.
so little understood, and about which 50 much
( deception, charlantanism, and swinding NAV bt
and is continually practieed, as attaches to the
watch; and It will be great comfort 10 homes
dealers and legitimate buyers and wearers, Il
know that they can have substantial and rei
able pocket time keeper, at a moderate price
made at home, and about which there can be n,
deception or mistake, that may not be easily
promptly, and eheaply remedied, by writing &
Waltham, or TO Robbins d appleton, 10 Maider
Lone, New York, General Agents
In many parts Of the country great difficulty
is exp,r rienced IN finding good watch repaireTi
and reliable time-keepeIs. By the introduction
of American watches this difficulty may be al
most entirely obyiated, so that the country mer
chant can obtain adjusted watches as part o
his miscellaneous stock, and the customer vii
buy his regulated timekeeper, wind it up, and Q,
about his business, as he would after purchasing
any other article without mystery or humbug
The manufacturers, Messrs- Appleton, Tracy
& Co, with their present means, can fuTnis
10000 watches per annum, and they intend .
furnish, from time TO time as the wants of tn
trade may require, other styles and sizes O
watches, including an entire new form Of sport
ing or timing watch, which will indicate tn
minutest divisions of time with more aeeurac
than has ever before been attained.
Arrangements are now being made TO suppl
small and elegantly finished watches for ladie:
The mandatory stands upon the banks Q
Charles River, in the town of Waltham, Mass
and occupies a site of surprising beauty, Gov
ering an area OF 100 by 100 feet, forming
quadrangle, with an open court in the center
The building is two stories in height, and ha
eight hundred feet Of floor line, with about SIX
teen hundred feet Of bench line, for the accom-
mojation Of the one hundred male and femal
artisans employed.
The motive power Is twelve.horse stesr
engine which gives motion to lines of shaftin
in all the rooms, to which are attached the NJ
merous delicate and wonderful machines whie
are used in the various processes of manufaC
! ture-
Appleton, Tracy & Co. have added about
hundred acres adjoining their manulactory
which affords admirable locations for home site
for their workmen, several of whom have alres
dy purchased lots and erected comfortabl
homes in the immediate vicinity of the manu-
factory.
Every facility is afforded to encourage an
attract the attention Of skilliul workmen, VIII
arc here offered largely remuneraiive wages an
constant employment, under the most pleasar
conditions, with an opportunity, in few year
of securing a competency and an independen
home, with other advantages and attraction
such as are no where else to be found.
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