, 1859-11-18
THE WATCH QUESTION -
American rs. Foreign Watches.
A CARD.

THE ONLY ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY PROOF
Of 4 GOOD WATCH Is. THAT 1T TELLS COR
HEcTLY AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE
TNrE TIME OF DAY. Auothes tests sfe Hlu-ory. H,le
Watch will not perform e9taly and With accuracy, il to
nnpurpose whatever that eiabosaielF dnihed hat
aus shapes ind dcvIees atopcd that novel
cspsnents aud tneenus eontEances for compensation
sEe,nt.oduced, that the whole covesed by famous
by masefse md costly Hundreds Of worth
lrss Watches beautifully finished and exquisite.
II consived to badly and out quickly. great
deal Of ~Osf mot often great deal Of coplexy, and
Ill will admit Lat amount o! polish will advantage
any piece th1t is radically mao1med pe1acy asted. II
Is isS1MrL1CITY OF CONSTRUCTION, and such zn.the.
n correctness in the size and shape u every part
the application Ct machinery to the purpose a1one nba,ea
that With sufficient nieesy Of nnIsh aecop,hes the de-
sired result.
The founders md managers Of the American Watch Com
pauy at Wa'iham are determined to make T1MEkEEP-
ELS whetherthey make money not They do not
dervasue Ornament but they feel tatthey cannot overue
TIME THIS Is THE MEANING OF THEIR WHOLE
ESTABLISHMENT. Thoroughly familiar, by practical
c1pezisnTe. With the eF+ Inherent IN foreign Eatehes
evIis which I'll Witch dealers will lear them o7t in sang
rvder nearly worthless for al purposes OF timekeefinx
ta majority Of foreign Watehesthey an,. through the
Substitution Of mechanical science. for the uaeea1n judg
If the ere and imperfect skill Of the hand to produce
article that stall only look like wa.ch tut pesm
The dutles nf Watch adorning with such adegsre Of IN
ISL asa sufficient and which. through cosueas will not
ru above the reaeh Of eass In the community And
THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS, AND ARE DO
ING IT. they confidently. appeal to the thodzands whose
daily coming and going regulated by Waliha aches
say In e7ey syste even the best there will be imper
fecau mud Instances failure doubtesA Val
tha manufacture 1utin system which produces Watches
wkirh are IDENTICAL rather th1n SIMILAR, The pro-
portion Of such must be rednced to mjnl11um-
Having achieved this decisive rctory victory With
for N-the American Watch Company ia far from
being disappointed tie frequent and unsupuous oppos
ont meets from mani In the importing business This op
position was to have been t11ecst. and the occasion OF 1t
vii e apparent to who considers the extent Of the
Importes and It's highly profitable character. The
Company has tc dissatisfied with the of
patronage receives, since it's obliged By The multiplication
u oze largely to Increase M force and to work b. night
we'll day but s not couteut that any portion Of the
community should lie is1ed to the real merit Of Its
Watches, Unfortunately there Is article!
which people generally little understand watch and
mans matchmaker bis only reliance for Judgment So
long therefore, Imported Watches yield rich pnoat 10
thelmposer eComrauy expect good tgl OF deeynE
md dispa.sement wise shaking Of the hesd and faint
ptalae.
Tbs Company Is graaed to be ablt 10 aaY, however,
that there hundreds In ths trade Whose supreme interest
u not In Importation OF in old stock hand who have
No .lanup1{h!es to American Wssch who, Indeed
from patriotic moreA would rather distribute lheu Il
they twcc eornd and honest and cheap any
othcr-with WHOM TaNlam Watches na5 be found. The
Company confidently maintains thata Watches will abide
thcconeludvete Of tmekeepnE, and upon that ground
content to rest Its claims to the general pasonas The
public will beas In mind sA these Watches are made for
reputation, and the responsibility Of pepetns guar
anty constantly In view for however they may change
hands, wherever aad whenever they found faulty, tie
Company Is bound 10 make them kood.
CAUTl0S-Aso Our Watch Is row ez.en.sely counter
feited bF foreign nanufactuncrs have to Inform the
public that Watch Is Of production which is
co1anled By certificate OF geuu!nepe ezEtaGthe num-
ber Of the Watch and signed By 1ze.surrr R. E
ROBBINS, or By our predecessors, AprLEToS, TRACY
zen
these Watches to. sale By jewelers. generally,
throughout the Enlon do not solicit oEeEs for single
! Watches. 70. the American Watch Company,
ROBBINS e. APPLETON.
General Agents, ISL Broadway, NY.