Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-09-28
THE WATCH QUESTION.
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THE ONLY ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY PROOF
oF GOOD WATCH is, THAT 1T TELLS CORRECT.
LY, AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE TRUE
TINE oF DAY. All other tests illusory. If the
Watch will not perform equally and with accuracy, it is to
no purpose Whatever that it is deliberately finished that
curious shapes and patented devices adopted that
vel escapements and ingenious contrvances FIR
tlon are introduced that the whole is covered by a
nous name and by massive and costly case Hundreds
OF worthless Watches beautifully finished and some
are exqusite we'd to badly out quick
E great deal of work is most often great deal of com.
pIexity and oil will admit that no of mere polish
will advantage piece that is radically uniformed or in.
exactly fitted. 1t is SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION,
and such mathematical correctness the size and shane of
every part the application of machinery to the purpose
alone ensures that with sufficient nicely Of finish accom-.
pIshes the desired result. i
The founders and managers of the American Watch Com.
pany OF Wa!tham are determined to make TlME-KEEP
ERS whether they make money not They do not I'm.
derVa'ue ornament but they feel that they cannot over
value TINE THIS is THE MEANING OF THEIR
WHOLE ESTABLISHMENT. Thoroughly familiar BY
practical experience with the evils inherent in foreign
Wa'ches,-evs which all Watch dealers will bear them
out in saying render nearly worthless for all purposes of
tlmekeepng large majorit, of foreign watches-they
*ln through the substitution of mechanical science for
the uncertain judgment of the eye and imperfect skill of
The hand to produce article that shall not only look
IKE WATCH but perform the duty of Watch adjoining
1t with such degree of finish is sufficient and which,
through costness will not put it above the reach of any
class in the community AND THAT THEY HAVE
DONE THIS, AND ARE DOING 1T, they confidently
appeal 10 the thousands whose daily coming and going is
regulated by Watham Watches to say In every system
even the best there will be mpciection and instances of
failure doubtless occur in the Watham manufacture but
in system which produces Watches which are IDENTI.
CAL rather than SIMILAR the proportion of such must
be reduced to minimum.
Having achieved this decisive victory-a victory with
reason for 1.-THE American Watch Company is far from
being disappointed at the frequent interruptions oppo
sltion it meets from many in The importing business This
opposition TO have been expected and the occasion Of
1t will be apparent to any who considers the of the
importers trade ard its highly profitable character The
Company has no reason to be dissatisfied with the amount
{" patronage 1t receives since it is obliged by the multi
pcton of ORDERS largely to increase its force and to
work by night well day; but it is not content that
any PORTION of the community should be misled as to the
real merit of its Watches. Unfortunately there is no ar
Gle in common which people generally so little UNDER
stand Watch, and mans matchmaker is his only re-
lance for Judgment So long, therefore, imported
Watches yield ch profit to the importer, the Company
expects good deal of decryng and dspaagenen wise
shaking of the head and faint praise.
The Company is gratied to be able say however that
there are hundreds in the trade whose supreme interest is
not in importation, in old stock hand who have
no national antpathies to American Watch; Who in.
deed, from patriotic motives would rather distribute them
even they not thrice sound and honest and cheap
as any other-with whom Watham Watches may be found
The Company confidently maintains that its Watches Will
abide the conclusive test of mekeeping, and upon that
ground Is content to rest its claims the general pat
ronage The public will bear in mind that these Watches
are made for reputation and with the responsibility per-
petual guaranty constantly in view; for however they
may change hands, wherever and whenever they are found
faulty, the Company is bound to make them good
CAUTlON.-As our Watch is now extensively counter
feited by foreign manufacturers we have to inform the
public that Watch is of production which is unac.
companled by certificate of genuinenes bearing the rum
Der of the Watch, and signed by Treasurer, R. E.
ROBBINS, or by our predecessors, APPLETON, IRA
CY co.
As these Watches for sale BY Jewellers general.
y throughout the Uno do not solicit orders for sim
gle Watches. For the American Watch Company
ROBBINS APPLETON,
General Agents, 1872 Broadway, New York.
The following gentlemen among many Others attest the
superiority of these Watches tin,e-keepers
DR. J. MARION SINS, PAUL MoRpHY,
GOV. HAMLIN, N. p WILLIE
CYRUS w. FIELD, J. II. wARDwELL,
ADAM SPIES, REV DR. CAMP
WILLIAM H. CARY. ELISHA ROBBINS,
GEN. G. P. NORRIS, IKsHANK,
FRANK LESLIE, j. F. CLEVELAND
PROF. WIN. A. PHELPS, DR.. STEVENS,
HON. N p BANKS HON. 8. s. RANDALL,
JAS. ". sIMoNToN, D. F. TIEMANN,
DR. JAMES o. MOVES ADRIAN s. HEWITT
REV. JAMES FLOY. PETER COOPER
HON. F. !. oTrARSoN WILSON G. HUNT
j. W. BULkLEY, HON. II. II. DYcK,
PROF. A. c. ROE g FRANK rUrH1LL.
September 26, 1859. 3s-weowl2t