The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-10-23

AM fIRICAN WATCH rs

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- Campa, ism uuh tie Foreign Product
lii this age Of splendid mechanical rumphs,
IN which our own country stands so proudly
foremost, there is one that is ust beginning to
receive the attention and prominence it des-
erves. The same perfection Of machinery that
has made Colts firearms the acknowledged best
in the world, after patient experiment, has
been successfully applied to the manufacture Of
watches From the New Yorker we copy the
| following notice Of q new watch manuf;lctOry:
| The Introduction Of American watches marks
an era in the history of time and ,imekeepcrs
and may well he joined with the Atlantic Tel
cgrnph, the Sewing Machine, and other kind
red successes Of mind over matter, which 50 won
derfuy distinguish the present period.
Hitherto, England and Switzerland have
been the watchnakers Of the world. Covcn-
try and Prescott in Lancashire and Warwick
shire in England aud Loce and In Chaux
de FondS in the northern cantons of Switzer.
land, by Lake Geneva, have been and are the
worlds famed seats Of watch manufactures; but
now it seems that Waltham Mass, has surpass.
ed these old world competitors, and with ma.
chinery system and intelligent skill, unaidcd
by protection Of any kind, already produces
the most thoroughly exact timekeepers. at
about half the cost of the best foreign watches
All imported watches re made by hand, the
movements and parts Of movements by differ.
cnt persons, and at different times and places;
and each watch is finally finished with special
reference to itself-evcry part being made to
sui only one place, and the whole movement
fitted to u ease which will suit no other move.
menl--no tw, watches being in all respects,
approximately, alike.
a large majority Of these watches are worth
less, as timckeepcrs, and constant bill of ex.
pensc to their owners, over s., 600 900 being
annually thrown away in vain attempts to i'm.
prove them.
The American watches are constructed up.
Oh the most scientific and approved principles.
designed to secure uniformity, simplicity, du-
rnbili,y chcnpmcss, and unyarying perfection
of movement, and are sold with "a certificate Of
warranty in all cases, for ten years, signed by
the manufacturers.
Tie specific advantages Of these watches to
dealers and wearers, as compared with the best
imported hand made watches will be most rap.
idly apprelcndcd hy the following enumeration,
TO wit Eacl, watch and each part Of every
watch Of n given STYLE is the unvarying coun-
trrpart Of every watch of the same style, so
that any sngl" part is exactly fitted and may
he Transported indIScrimnatey to make up any
one of any number of watches The move
mrntS are made to fl. any one of any number
of eases, thus enabling the dealer to keep II
large md varied stock of movements with n
limited number Of cases, to suit the demands of
trade
'hn nl ~, WI uI,p rt
can be restored when broken or lost by acci-
dent---cach part being registered at factory
IA counterpart can be had for the mere cost
of reproduction, and with whole movements
changed and sent by mail or express to amy
part of the world. Dealers are thus brought
directly in contact with the manufacturer, and
a single retail profit is the only added cost to
the wcarpr, to manufacturers prices.
The watches have fewer parts, are Substan-
tally made than any Others, are easily kept
clean. and the chances for failure by breakage
are diminished fourhfths as compared with the
English watch, which has upwards of eight
hundred separate parts, while the American
watch has but one hundred and twenty-five
parts, and most ofthcsc are so substantial and
all 50 perfect, that it would be difficult to break
them.
The American watch is cminently adapted
for railroad engineers and conductors, where
exact time is Of the utmost Importance, and
where the constant jar of the moving train Of
fers the most trying test to prove the quality
of a watch as II timekeepcr Many eminent
engineers and conductors on the leading rail
roads of the country have been supplied with
these watches, and now will have no other.
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