The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-02
burthens. and husbands, fail not to trust
and honor them ri.h confidence and
love.
AMERICAN WATCHES.

Their MdnMfacfuTe at Waltham, Mass.
- Comparison with the Foreign Product.
In this age ofsplendid mechanical tri-
umphs, in which our own country stands
so proudly foremost, there is one I hat is
just beginning to receive the attention and
prominence it deserves. The same per-
fection Of machinery that has made Colts
firearms the acknowledged best in the
world, after patient experiment. has been
successfully appliedsb the manufacture
of watches.
The introduction Of American watches
marks an era in the history Of time and
time-keepers. and may well be joined
with the Atlantic Telegraph, the Sewing
Machine, and other kindred successes of
mind over matter, which so wonderfully
distinguishes the present period.
Hitherto. England and Switzerland
have been the watchmakers ofthe world.
Coventry and Prescott in Lancashire and
Warwicshire, in England, and Locle and
La Chaux de Fonds in the northern can
tons of Switzerland, by Lake Geneva,
have been and are the worlds famed
seats Of watch manufacture but now it
seems that Waltham. Mass. has surpas-
sed these old world competitors, and with
machinery, system and intelligent skill,
unaided BY protection of any kind. al.
ready produces the most thoroughly ex-
act timekeepers, At about half the cost Of
the best foreign watches.
All imported watches are made by
hand, the movements and parts Of move
ments by different persons. and at differ
ent times and places and each watch is
finally finished with special reference to
itself-every part being made to suit on
ly one place, and the whole movement
fitted to case which will suit no other
movement-no two watches being in all
respects, approximately alike.
A large majority Of these watches are
worthless. as timekeepers, and a constant
bill of expense to their owners, over IS,
600. 900 being annually thrown away in
vain attempts to improve them.
The American watches are construct
ed upon the most scientific and approved
principles. designed to secure unifor-
nifty. simplicity, durability, cheapness,
and unvarying perfection of movement,
and are sold with certificate of warran-
ty in all cases, ten years, signed by the
manufacturers.
The specific advantages Of these watch.
es to dealers. and wearers, as compared
with the best imported handmade watch
es. will be most readily 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 tha
any sigle part is exactly fitted. and ma,
be transposed indiscriminately to MAKE
up any one of any number of watches
The movements are made to fit any mum
Der Of cases, thus enabling the dealer t.
keep large and varied stock of move
ments with limited number Of cases, to
suit the demands Of trade.
The ease and facility with which any
part can be restored. when broken or los
by accident--each part being registered
at the factory--a counterpart can be had
for mere cost ofreproduction, and with
whole movements changed and sent b,
mail or express 70 any part Of the world
Dealers are thus brought directly in con
tact with the Manufacturer, and a singh
retail profit is the only added cost to tn
wearer, to manufacturers prices.
The watches have fewer parts, arr
more substantially made than any others
are easily kept clean. and the chances
for failure by breakage are diminished
four-Gfths as compared with the Englisl
watch, which has upwards of eight hun
dred separate parts. and most ofthese ar
so substantial, and all so perfect. that !
would be very difficult to break them.
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The American watch is eminently ad
apted for railroad engineers and conduc
tors. where exact time is Of the utmos
importance. aud where the constant ja
of the moving train offers the most try
ing test TO prove the quality Of watcl
as timekeeper. Many eminent engi
neers and conductors on the leading rail
roads of the count ry have been supplie'
with these watches and now will hay
no other.
There is no article Of common use ths
is so little understood, and about whiol
80 much deception, charlatanism. AM
swindling may be and is continual
Ipraoticad. as attaches to the watch AM
1t will be great comfort to honest deal
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