Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-17
AMERICAN WATCHES.
Ihclr Manufacture at W;sli..an,,
Mass. tom lssrison with Foreign

y fOtEotts
IL Il is age Of splendid mechanical tri-
smrhs, in which oar own country stands 50
proudly foremost, there is one that is Just
beginning t. receive the attention and prom.
incnce that it deserves. The same perfection
OF machinery that has made Colts firearms
the acknowledged hest in the world. after
patient expcrim mt, has been successful yap-
piled to the manufacture of watches
h. introduction of American watches
marks an era in the history Of time and time
kee! rs, and may we'll be joined with the At
lIntic Tel graph Sewing machine, and other
kindred surccsscs of mind over matter, which
- wonderfully Distinguish the pres mt peri
o..
Hitherto England and Switzrrl md Rave
bon the watchmakers at the world Govern
Try and Prescott in Line is ire and War
wIck.hIre, in Engltnd, and L,cle and L.
hank lie FJnds in the Northern cantons of
Switzerland, by Like Geneva, have been and
are the world 5 tumcd seats of watch manu-
factur,; hut. row it seems tlat Waltham.
Miss, has surpassed these old world COM
pstitor<, and with machinery. syst IN and in
r'sant skill, unaid.l by protection of any
kind. already produces the most thoroughly
Xttt tinekeePcrs, at about half the cost of
the , st foreign made watches.
Nt,ininrtant watches are made by hand,
{ movements and parts of movements by
I" ieFe"l persons AMI at different tunes and
p'lces, .lld each watch is finally finished with
Sp'.Ad reicrcner to itsel every Fart being
mate to SUIT only one place, and the whole
movement htted t. Il case which will suit no
other moVemeat-h' Two watches being III
all rSp cts approximately alike.
large majority OF these watches are
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worthless, us tIlntkrrr'rs, and constant
biIi oil 'Xlfnsc to tleir Owners, over S3,Mo,-
wv beng annually tmo away i'll VAIN at
Temps 10 prove til m
iic american Watches are constructed up
on the IN st scientific and approved priuci-
,l"s, designed to seearc uniformity, simplici-
~ ""rihiIity, h-tl,n'ss, and nnNarylng per-
lrttl1n oil movement. and arc sait with Ger
kdeteatr al warranty Ill 4ilcNscs, Tor Ten years.
signed by the manufacturers
The specific Advantages of thcs2 watches.
TO dealers and "carcrS, rs impaired with the
best imported handmade watches, will he
M'st readily unprecedented. by the foil wing
enumeration, to Wit: Fac watch and each
part OF every watch, OF Il given style, the
unNir!ins counterpart ut every watch OF the
SANE style, 50 that amy single part IS exactly
nttei ana may b. tfaaspased ihdscrinti,tttc-
~ To make up any one OF any MANI T OF
watches. Ihe movements are made to fit
ahy one "f any number OF cases, thus cnab-
I'M the dealer to keep Il Large and varied
stock @! movements with Il llnitc'i nUinAer of
cases. to suit the dcnards of trade.
The case and facility with which any part
can be restored wl:i broken OF lost by acct
dent--tach part beng registered at the fac
tory-a counterpart can b had tpr the mere
cost OF r'pr,3Geti n. and with whole move
ments changed and sent by tlii,i or express to
amy part OF the world. Dealers are t.=us
brought directly in contact with the manu-
facturcr, and 4 single retail profit IS the only
added cost to the wearcr, to manufacturers
prices
The watches have fewer parts, are more
substantially made than any others, are east
y Kept clean, and the chances for failure by
brcakage are diminished iour-ffths as COM
pared with the English watch, which has
upwards of eight hundred separate parts,
while the American watch has but one hun
,rcd and twenty-five parts, and mott of those
are SO substantial, and all so perfect that it
wouli be very difficult to break them.
The American watch is eminently adapted
for railroad engineers and conductors. where
exact time is OF the utm bst Importance, and
where the constant jar OF the movln. train
offers the most trying test to prove the quail
itv 81 a watch As a titickecp2r. Many emil
nent engineers and conductors on the leading
railroads OF the country have been supplied
with these watches and now will have no
ether.
Their" is no article OF common use that is
little understood and all )ut which SO
5a..cli deception, chariItanism and swndling
$50 be ana is continually rractced. as at
:4,es t. the watch; and it will be a great
TO at9rt t. t2aest dealers aud Legitimate buy
trS ana Wsdf3rS, IN KNOW that they can have
:.substantial and reliable pocket timekceper,
Ut moderate price, made At home, and about
which there can he no deception or mistake
thts may not easily. promptly and chcaply
re!nedied by writing to Wa!ttam. or to Rob
a,r.s Appleton, h Maiden Lane, New \ ork :,
c neral Agents.
in many parts oi the country great difficult
ty * Ell ria:ced in finding coed watch re-
pare, and reliable timekeepcrs by the in
sToduetion Of American watches this difficult
~ may Ia almost entirely obNiatcd, 50 that
TIL sountry merchant can obtain adjusted
watches Il part Ut lis miscellaneous stock
and the customer viii buy his regulated
timekGcper, wlnd it up. and go about his
business, Us he would after purchasing any
The manufacturers, M.s5rS. Appleton
Tracy L Co, with their present means, can
furnish -oooo Watches per annnm' ana they
nteni 10 iufhiSi, II IN tifhe - tiln' lis Tue
wants oi tec 'ttue req uire, othcf Styles ana
Sis OF watches, including an entire new
form Oi sporting OF tlninT watch, Whlcn VIII