Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-11-28
American Watches
MADE BY THE
american W'dfch Company
At WALTHAM MASS


Attention is invited TO the following state.
ment and accompanying letters OF recommen-
dalton and testimonials, "a favor OF these eeie-
brated Watches. lea.F
! A gold medal was awarded the Company by
I the American Institute, at New York, in 1857.
The company also received the First Premi-
una gold me3al--from the Franklin Insii
tute, Philadelphia, in 1858.
| These watches have now been In the market
for nearly ten years, during which time they
have been tested as to accuracy, durability and
reliability in every conceivable manner, and
have proved themselves 70 be the most satisfac-
tory time-pieces ever offered to the public.
This result has been brought about by a strict
application OF n echanical science 20 the i'm
sPection ofthe watch from its very inception,
rendering It when finished, Mechanically cor
rect in all its proportions, and necessarily as
perfect time keeper as IT is possible to make.
The Company have tested their watches In
many instances by actual daily noting, and the
result Of thi. test has been that they have exhib
tied rate equal Ia regularity to The best ma
rine ehronometeT.
N.B.--We haveJust introduced nav srYYr
Of Watch, elaborteIy finished and thinner than
any we have hitherto introduced, with several
Improvements calculated 10 insure the greatest
accuracy ofperformsnce, and 10 prevent tie
usual accidents and arrangements 10 which
foreign watches are liable.
The following is from Mr.. Porter. she well.
known Marine ChronOmeter and Watch maker:
Bosros, April 20, 1850.
dr. X Is RoBBIss, Treasurer, dc:
Dear sir:--since my note TO GU OF Septenl
Der. 1859, have cold number Of your Com
pany's watches, and hear good reports from
them without exception. They give me 90
trouble and my customers every sstisiaet ion
Recently ship master TO whom sold one last
year, called to say thsl bis Chronometor hayin1
broken down at sea, hc pSvigstcd his vessel
safely nome by his Talihsm watch.
Yours Truly, GEo PoRlEE.
Once OF The Tribune.
New York, Oct g, 1859.
American Watch Company. wsItham:
Gentlemen: Having csrried one of your
Watches for the las; Ell ghien months, can say
confidently that they will do and may be bought
with assurance, that they will keep time. Ibe-
lleve The watch unsurpassed.
HORACE GKrELEy.
Book Room, No. sOl Mulberry 81.
New York, Feb o, 1888.
Y y ROBINS, Treasurer Amer. Watch Co.
Dear Sir: take great pleasure in being able
TO certify that for the last ten months have
carried a watch from the mandatory OF tho A.
merican Watch Company and that IL has given
perfect satisfaction as n time keeper. Judging
from the one have, 1 do not hesitate 10 pre-
diet that the day Is not far distant when watch
es made In the United States will supercede all
others. JANIS FLoY, I'D.
wilton Bluff, C. Oct 90. 1859.
h RoBBISs, Esq,
Dear Sir--rhe three watches of your manu-
raeture which l purchased on my plantation,
nave proved TO be the most correct time-keep-
,rs I have ever known. gave my head servant
ny head carpenter and my head engineer each
me OF them, and since they have been In their
respective possession, every thing on the plan
alton has moved like clock work, in conse-
Iuencc of the extreme accuracy and regularity
nth which these watches perform.
Yours truly, LEWIS NosRp.
CmcAoo, Ill.,, March 1860.
merle an Watch Company:
have tested with extreme care the running
fthe watch bought Of you, now nesrlya year
nee, and so accurate and equable has neen its
that have thought it would In
'rest you and all others familiar with horOlOgy
see record ofits variations. u was finally
4 to true time afterit had bpeu regulating In
y POSSESSION two months. 9 s1rrrt.-rr-
lne 5. lost & sec Oct l....... ..loft see
ug ls....... 40 I" Dec I5.. -. 80 =
nee which time It's average monthly variations
Is not exceeded SIX secsnds.
NoR~ss wIAsn-
cAuroS.---As our watch Is now extensively
by foreign manufactures, wehsve
inform the public that no watch is Of our pro.
Iction which Is unueeompsnled by certificate
genuiness, bearing the number OF the watch,
ID ssgned by OUT Treasurer. r. &. Rossiss, OF
predecessors, Appleton, Tracy q Co.
As the watches are for sale by Jewellers gener-
y throughout the Unior, We do mol solicit or
Re Tor single Wstrh-s-
Fot the mericsa " stea Ccnpsny. f7sL
ROBBINS a APPLETON.
E .F vnoLKskLk AoExTs.
NO. Iss broadway, New York.
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