The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-29
AMERICAN WAT CHES,
MADE BY THE
AMERICAN WATCH Comply
At WALTHAM, MASS

Attention il invited to the following statement
and the accompanying letters of recommendation
and testimonials, in favor OF these celebrated
Watches
a Gold Medal awarded this Company 10y the
American Institute at New York in 1857.
The Company also received the first premium a
gold Inedal--from the Franklin Institute, PhiIa-
delphia, in 1858.
These Watches have been i'll market for nearly
ten years, during which time they have been tested
accuracy, durability, and reliability every
conceivable manner. and have proved themselves to
be the most satisfactory time pieces ever offered TO
tho public.
This result has been brought about by strict
application of mechanical science to the construc-
ton Of the Watch from its very inception, render
'ng it when finished, automatically correct in all
it's proportions, aud necessarily perfect a time
piece it il possible 10 make.
The Company have tested their Watches In
many instances, by actual daily noting, and the
esult of this test has been that they have exhibit
a rate equal in regularity to the best marine
hronomoter.
From the Prairie Farmer, Oct, 1860.
AMERICAN WATCHEs.-Nearly year ago, we're
ceived from Messrs. Robbins 4 Appleton, General
Agents OF tie American Watch Company, and
paid for good looking wetol = warranted with
the request that after thoro ugh tria, we should say
whar thought Of il, editorialy 1t has been
our constant companion nearly year. We have
fault nd with the way il has tloked the time.
Ne % better time piece than this has prov
ed thus far. Once regulated land regulated it
odrre;f) it has scarcely varied half minute :
month from transit time" Added to its quality
as n good tirle keeper. it ia honestly and suestan-
TALLY made Were We going TO purchase, we should
prefer An American Watch.
OFFICE OF TuE tribune.
Nav YORK, Oct. 9th, 1859. !
american VotA Company,
dENrLEstEN Having carried one of your Watch
es for eighteen months. can say confidently that
they will d. and may be bought with the assurance
that they will keep time. believe the Watches
unsurpassed. HORACE GREELEY.
NFw York, Aug. 2, 1860.
GkSrLENEN In reply to yours of 25th ulto., we
take pleasure in stating that the American Watch
in use upon railroad has varied only six
second 5, in little over six weeks. -r T-r
sw& W. A ToanEr.
Contractors on the Rar. Del. Bay r. r,
10 MfcsRs. ROBBINS & APPLETON.
BosroN, Sept 27th, 1859.
Mr.. T. L. ROBBINS, Treasurer american Watch Co.,
DEAR SIR:-It gives me great pleasure to comply
with your request for a report of the performance
of the American Watch purchased of you Dec. 2,
1893 Ii was set on tht day, and it's variation from
trus time 30 the 10th of February, 1880 when let
il run down, was ten seconds fast From that tirne
the present it has with nearly perfect stead
mess, having during the eight months remained
al from seven 10 nine seconds fast, and this with
uuoommonly rough usage. L can recommend your
manufacture in the highest terms.
Yours, JAMES III. CLAPr,
Firm Of Clapp, Fuller Brown, Bankers, Boston
CAUrleN.--As Watch IS now extensively
ounerfsited by foreign manufacturers, we have to
a form the public that no Watch is Of our proauc.
ion which is unaccompanied by certificate Of
enuinene-s, bearing the number of the watch
and signed by our Treasurer, r. Z. Robbins, or by
our predecessors, Appleton, Tracy q Co.
As these watches are for sale by jewellers gener
ally throughout the Union, the American Watcl
Company do not solicit orders for single watches.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
Wholesale Agents, No. 1s2 Broadway, NY.
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