The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-11-28
AMERICAN WATCHES,
MADE BY THE
AMERICAN WATCH Comply,
AT WALTHAM, MASS,

Attention is invited to the following statement
aud the accompanying lctters oi recommendation
and testimoniaIz, IN favor Of these celebrated
Watches
Gold Modal awarded this Company by the
American Institute at New York in 1857.
The Company alss received the lrst prenliHna "a
gold medal-from the franklin institute, PhilA-
dslphia, ia 1883
These Watches have beea in market tor lsearly
Ten years during which time they have been tested
to accuracy, durability. and reliability in every
conceivable manner, and have proved themselves to
be the satisfactory time pieces offered To
the public.
This result has boon brought aboat By "A strict
application Of mechanical science to the coAstFUo-
ZION Of the Watch from it's very inception, render
ng 1t when finished mathsmsticaly CORRECT 10 all
its proportions. and necessarily perfect q time
piece it is possible TO make
The Company have tested their Watches IN
many instances. by actual daily noting, and the
esut Of this test has been that thsy have exhibit
4 rate equal i'll regular ity 10 the BEST marine
ETonomster.
From. fse Prairie Former, OF ls6D
AMERICAN WATcHss.-NeArly n year ago, We re-
csived from Messrs. Robbins & Appleton, General
Agents Of the American Watch Company, and
paid FOR good looking Watch. " warranted, ;" with
the request that after thoro ugh trial should
whar We thought Of it, editoriaIIy. 1t has bsen
our constant companion nearly year. We have
no fault to find with the Way it has oked the time
We better time prct than this has prov
Ell thus far. uncs regulated land regulated it
eIrseIf) il has scarcely varied IA half minute
month from transit time" Added TO its quality
a. a good time kseper, il is honestly and suhstan-
TALLY made We're going to purchase We should
prefer "a American Watch.
OFFICE TRIBUNE.
New YORK., Oct. 9Th, 1853.
AaJeficoea Watch Company,
GBNrLENEN Having carried one OF your Watch
for eighteen months. can say confidently that
they will DO and may be bought with the assurance
that they viii keep time. believe the Watches
unsurpassed. RORAcB GREEJEr.
Nav YORK, Aug. 2, 1860.
GESTLEArE. In reply to yours OF 2sth ulto. we
take pleasure in stating that the American Watch
now 10 npon our railroad. has varied only six
seconds, In a little over six weeks.
8 W. & W. A. ToRRKY,
Contractors on the Rar. & Del Bay K. r.
70 MrssRs- ROBBINS 4 APPLETON
BosroN, Sept. 9th, 1889.
Ma r. f. RoHBIHs, Treasure Anserica.. Watch Co.,
DEAR SIR:-It gives ma great pleasure to comply
with your request for a report of the performance
Of the American watch purchased of you Dec Q
lsas II set that day, and its variation from
tiuae to the 10th of February, 1859, when let
it down, was ten seconds fast. From that time
the present it has with nearly perfect stead
mess having during the eight months remained
a from 70 nine seconds fast, and this with
iincommonly rough usage. 1 can recommend your
manufacture in the highest terms.
Yours, JAMES II. CLAIR,
Firm of Capp, Fuller & Brown, Bankers, Boston.
CAurtoS.-As our Watch is extensively
c1nnterfeited 10y foreign manufacturers, have to
inform the public that Watch is OF our produo-
ton which is unaccompanie led by certificate Of
genuineness, bearing the number of the watch,
and signed by our Treasurer, Il. f. Robbins, OF by
our predecessors, Appleton, Tracy & Co.
As these watches are for sale by jewellers geaer-
ally throughout the Union, the American Watch
Company DO not solicit orders for single watches
ROBBINS APPLETON
Wholesale Agents, No 1872 Broadway, Ny.
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