, 1859-10-29
THE WATCH QUESTION:
American rs. Foreign Watches.

4 CARD.
THE ONLY ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY PROOF
OF GOOD WATCH Is, THAT IT TELLS COZ
REcTLy AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, THE
TKCE TIME OF DAT. Auotbeztesta are 1lu=ory. Il tie
Tate will perform eqbaiy and with accuracy. it Is to
purpose whsertt thu eahoaieF afshed. that Gu
ou aud patented derices adopted that nosc'
escapements and ngraus eon1s1nces fot compensation
asetrttoiuecd orthat the whole covered by famous
aud bF massive nnL costly case Hundreds Of woE
less Watches beautifully nlAhed anl some exquisite
II eoauayed to bady and out quickly. great
deal Of work most often s1at deal OF compe1ty, and
Ill will admit that aro1nt o. polish will advantage
any piece th$t u radically ns.oted !ce1acy fitted It
|. l.EIMFL1C1TI OF CONSTRUCTION, and such matte.
m1tIca rocress in the stze and fhape II every 7
the application cf machinery to TIC purpose alone inau1es
that With sufficient 1ieey Of tnIsh aceonplAhts tie de-
hired result.
The founders aud sof The Ametcsa wa:e Coz
pany Al Wa!tLam detezIa!ned to make T1AE-kEEf
EAS whcttertleS make money not. They DO not un-
desue ornament but they feel that ey cannot oyeue
TIVE. THIS Is THE MEANING CT THEIR WHOLE
ESTABLISHMENT. Thoroughly familiar, BY practical
e1pesiecSe. with he ess Inherent IN fo:en Watcies-
evils which zli Watch dealers will bear them out in sayus
render nearly worthless for all pu1poses Of hmekeepalE
large suajorty u foreign Wnsees-ey aun through tie
Substitution Of mechanical science for the uncertain judy
entsf the eye and Imperfect skill of the hand To prouce
III 4flc 1 tGAl NOT paF 1oo& uke WztC4 0HE pet4ul
the duties os Watch adurulng it with such degree Of IN
!sa Isis sudlsnt, and whtch, through cosuaesa viii not
put ABOVE the reach ofany clsas In the eomany And
THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS, AND ARE DO
ING 1T, they confidently appea u the thousands wtose
daily coming and going u regulated By Wsans Watches
to s1y In e!ez systen the best there viii be imps
fec3ns. and instances Of failure doubtless 1nthe Wal
than Manufacture tutn Ghl produces Watches
which arc IDENTICAL rather th7u SIMILAR, the pro
tnr41nn nafa, fhnrn n.4u,Nnf rit1rro
Having achieved tha. decisive victory, victory with
seasou for 1.-THE American Watch Company Is far from
belok dapponted al the frequent md nppos
don meets from manT the importing tuspess- Tha
posan to have been pected, the oeeason Of 1t
apparent to who conde.a the extent Of The
and lts hIgy profitable character. The
Company has to te with the amount Of
Patronage receives snce it's Obliged by the multiplication
os orders largely Increase It's force aud to work BY night
wc day but is content that any portion Of the
community shbud te lsled a. 10 the real merit Of Its
Watches. Unfortunately there IN Article In
which people generally 70 little understand aet md
tns Matchmaker Ii hx only reliance for judgment. So
long therefore. Imported Wa;hcs yield reh prpet 70
thelm2o<. tie Company expect good desl Of dee51ng
and dlsarasemen wIse shaking Of the hesd and faint
praise.
TIE Com7anT Ia ssashtd 10 te .bie to asJ however.
that there hundreds Ia the trade whose supreme Interest
not in !mpostaon In old stock hand ao have
no national t. ametcan Watch who Indeed
from patriotic uores would rather distribute he1n evrn II
they twice sound sad honest and cheap A1y
othes-w'i4 wson Nathan Matches nasy bs found The
Company confidently naataas thasl Watches will abide
Tie enncuIye test nf Iektsp NJ. and upon that ground
content IT. eama the general Patronage The
public wilt bear ta mind thz these Watches Ade fur
reputation, and with the responsibility ef respesu Euar
saty constantly tn foE however they may ebanEe
hans wherever and whenever they found faulty. the
company is bound TO mas them good
CAuTIuS--asour our Watch ls now extensively counter
feed bY fose1gu manufacturers. have to inform the
puhtctlat Wateb Is Of production which Is
eop.ntca ty ec99catE nf geaaneuesz bearing he fa
be- OF the Watch, and E4ned by Treasure. Il. E.
ROBBINS, Of BY our predecessors, APPLETON, TRACY
4CU.
A these Watches for s7e by Jawee1s generally,
throughout The rnou do not so'et oftTa for snxle
Watches. For the American Watch Company.