, 1859-12-02
#isteuaneous.
THE WATCH QUESTION:
American rs. Foreign Watches.
4 CARD. .


THE ONLY ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY PROOF
OF A GOOD WATCH Is, THAT IT TELLS cor
REcTLI AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE
TRUE TILE OF DAT. All other tests a1el1usosy. II tic
Watch will not perform eqbaly and with accuracy IL 10
nopupose whatever thai elaboatey dnlaht that Gu
ouI patented dev!ees adopaed that novel
csapeusn4 and Insenlus contvaneea fos compensation
arcirtroduced, that the whole IL covered By famous
nameaad by naaAtve and costly Hundreds Of worth
leas Watches beautifully finished and some exquisite
ly cout1lved to badly and out quickly. gre,t
deal Of works. most often great deal Of compie1tJ, and
will admit that amount o. polah will Advantage
any piece thst radically nafored inexay ttted It
Il isEIMPLIClTY OF CONSTRUCTION, and such matte.
mAc7 correctness In the die and 8hape Ut eveEy part ~
The application Ct machinery to the purpose alore inhuc
that With sufficient nicely Of hnlsh aeeonp:saes the de-
sired result.
The founders md tho American Watch Com
pany At Walthana are determined to make TIAEkEEr-
ERS whcthertbey make money not. They do not IN
devue ornament hut they feel cannot oTesalre
TINE. THIS Is TILE MEANING OF TuE1R WHOLE
ESTABLISHMENT. Thoroughly fauit1r, BY practical
experience, with The evils Inherent IN fos=n Wattes
evils which I'll Watch teales viii bear them out saying,
render nearly worthless for MI pr1poes Of tnetee2n9
lass- majority Of fortgn Watcheshey ain through tue
Substitution Of mechanical science for the uncertain 1uds
Of tic eye and imperfect sk Of the band to produce
an article sha only look like xaieh but pesata
the duties Of Wseh adorpng with such adegee Of In
lib aAia sufficient and which, through eostnes, viii not
put shove the reach any class in the community And
THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS, AND ABE Do
ING II, they confidently appeal 10 the Thousands whose
day coming and going is regulated by Walths Watches
say In every SYSTEM the best there will be 3mper
feeans and Instances failure doubtless occur In the Wal
than Manufacture butn system which produces Watches
which IDENTICAL rather thau SIMILAR, The pro.
portion Of such must be reduced to minimum.
Having achieved this deelave victory, victory with
for tt-the American Watch Company Il far fron,
being disappointed the frequent and oppos
doot nees from many in the importing buaneta- This op-
position 10 hays been expected And The oceasou Of y
apparent to any who eonzde the extent Of the
3mportezstrade, and Its highly profitable chasacter The
Company has be dlsxatsned with the amount 1t
patronage receives sinee ills obliged b the multiplication
of ordes largely to Increase it, force and to work b.
well day but il content that any portion Of
community should be inhaled as 10 the real tft Of Ii
Watches. Unfortunately there Is article In common
which people generay 80 ittle understand As Wact Ind
ma1s Matchmaker IL his only reliance for Judgment 50
long theseore Imported Watches yield reh profit to
telupoer the Company expect good deal Of deeryias
and d5pazsgement wise shaking ot the head and fan.
| praise.
1ha Company Is E1atifed to BE- able to asY however
that there ae hundreds In tbs trade hose eupeme nte1e.
is Ia importation, old stock band who hare
no&QnaI 70 An Amtl4c1A AcAs Who nQeeu
f1on patriotic motIves would rather distribute hem,
they twice sound md honest and cheap An5
othez-with whom Na:than Watches may be found. The
Company confidently uasusins hatits Watches will abide
copcusye test Of tmekeep and upon that krouId
coutent 10 rext it, cas to the general patronage Tilt
public viii beaz In mind that these Watches psde fo
reputation, and With the responsibility Of pepesua guas
anty constantly In View fol. however they may changt
hands wherever aud whenever they found faulty Tit
Company is bound to make them good
| CAUTIoS--Aso ous Wateh Is Eaw extensively counter
fesed by foreign manufacturers, VIC have to inform t
pubuc.hat Watch u Of production which Is
coupsn,ed by certificate Eeuuinenea bcansthe num
bss Of the Watch, and signed by ouE TREASURER. Il.
ROBBINS, or By cur PREDECESSORS, APPLETON. TRACY
eco.
these Watches art for sale by jewelers. generally
thoughouttbe Union, NC do not solicit orders for sns
| W..s!:es. For tie American Watch Company
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