The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-08
AMERICAN WATCHES,
MADE BY THE
WATCH Comply,

Attention is invited to the following statement
aai the accompanying letters Of recon mel ton
and Testimonials, in favor OF these celebrated
Watches
Gold Medal was awarded this Company 10y the
American Institute at New York in 1857.
The Company ai-o received the first premium- a
gold medal-from the Franklin institute, PhiIa.
delphia, IN 1853.
These Watches have been in market for nearly
icn years, during which time they have been tested
~ 60 accuracy, durability, and reliability ia every
conceivable manner, and have proved themselves to
oe ths most satisfactory time pieces ever offered to
the public
This result has been brought about by q strict
application of mechanical science to the construc-
lion Of the Watch from its very inception, render
Hg it when finished, maticaIIy correct in all
hs proportions, and necessarily as perfect a time
P+sCS as it is possible 10 make
The Company haya tested their Watches in
GlAhy instances. 10y actual daily noting, and the
ssult of this test has been that they have exhibit
Il rate equal in regularity to the best marine
thermometer.
From Tie Prairie Fa11aer, oct , 1860.
AhERIcAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY a year ago we re
eeiTsd from Messrs. Robbins 4 Appleton, General
Agents Of the American Watch Company, and
Ea+d for good looking Watch, warranted, ," with
the request that aftor thoro ugh trial should say
"har We thought Of it, editoriay. 1t has been
Ga constant companion nearly year. We have
no fault 10 find with the way it has licked the time.
10 10 ,totf5a, better time piece than this has prov
Ell thus far. Once regulated land We regulated it
ourseifl il has scarcely varied a half minute
month from transit time" Added to its quality
~ & good time kseper, it is honestly and substan-
italy made We're we going to purchase, we should
prefer an American Watch.
OFFICE OF TIE TRIBusE(
NEw YORK, Oct. 9th, 1859. !
i .ssrseue F'atch Company,
GENTLEMEN Having carried one of your Watch
~ for eighteen months, say confidently that
they wifi d. and may be bought with the assurance
that they Will keep time. 1 believe the Watches
ansurpsssed. HORACE GREELEY.
New YORK, Aug. 2. 1860.
GESTLEAES In reply te yours of 25th ulto., we
t~ko pleasure in stating that the American Watch
now In use upon our railroad, has varied only six
seconds :, IN a little over six weeks.
S.w. & ". A. ToRREY,
Contractors on the Rar. & Del Bay r. Il.
20 MEssRs. RoBBINs d APPLETON
BosroN, Sept. 9th, 1859.
Ma. X. f. ROBBINS Treasurer Anaerican WticA Co.,
DsAR SHIT gives me great pleasure to comply
with your request for a report of the performance
Of the American Watch purchased of you Dec q
1865 It on that day, and its variation from
tfus Tine TO ASth OF ebTudFyJ lSoJY Wnen let
il run down, was ten seconds fast. From that time
the present it has with nearly perfect stead
mess, having during the eight months remained
Ht nom seven TO nine seconds fast, and this with
uucommonly rough usage. can recommend your
manufacture in the highest terms.
Yours, JAMES IL. CLAPT.
fir'n OF Clapp, Fuller Brown, Bankers, Boston.
CAurIoS.-As Watch is now extensively
c0unterfeited by foreign manufacturers, have to
Lnform the public that Wstch is of our produc-
tion which Is uRacoompanied by certificate Of
ssnuinsness, bearing the number of the watch
and signed by our Treasurer, Z. Z. Robbins or by
our predecessors, Appleton, Tracy & Go.
AS thsse watches are for sale by jewellers gener-
ally throughout the Union, the American Watch
Company do not SOLICIT orders tor single watches.
ROBBINS APPLETON,
Wholesale Agents. No. 1872 Broadway, N.Y.
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