Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-12-26
American Watches
MADE BIZ THE
american Watch Company
: WALTHAM, MASS.

Il
Attention is invited to the following state.
ment and accompanying letters OF recommen
lation and testimonials, In favor ofthese eelc-
| brated Watches.
/ gold medal was awarded the Company by
The American Institute, at New York, in 1857.
The company also received the First Premi-
una gold me1al--from the Franklin Inst
tute, Philadelphia, in 1853.
| These watches have now been In the market
fOrnearlyt ten years, during which time they
have been tested az to accuracy, durability and
elisbilityi in every conceivable manner, and
| AVE proved themselves to be the most satisfsc
| lory time-pieces ever offered to the public.
This result has been brought about by a strict
| application of n echaniesl science to the In
sPection 0fthc watch from its very inception,
| rendering IL when finished matbe mzticaHy cor
rect in all Its proportions, and necessarily as
perfect time keeper as II is possible 10 make.
The Company have tested their watches In
many instances BY actual daily noting, and the
result OF this test has been that they have exhib-
| tied a rate equal IL regularity to the best
rine chronometer.
N.B.--We hayejust introduced NKw sTTYE
Of Watch, elabortely finished and thinner than
any we have hitherto introduced, with several
Improvements calculated TO insure the greatest
accuracy ofperformance, and TO prevent the
usual accidents and arrangements 20 which
foreign watches are liable.
The following is from BIT. Porter, the welt.
knewn Marine Chronometer and Watch maker;
BosrOS, April 90, 1860.
Mr.. z ROBBINS, Treasurer, &c:
Dear sir:--Since my note TO GU OF septem
Der, 1859, have sold a number Of your Com
pany's watches, and hear good reports from
ihem without exec ption. They give me no
trouble and my customers every satisfactio
Recently a ship master TO whomI sold one last
year, called to say thai his Chronometor having
broken down at sea, he navig4iod his vessel
safely home BY his wsltham watch.
Yours TrulT, gro PoRrEE.
once OF The Tribune.
New York, Oct 81, 1852
American Watch Company. waltham:
Gentlemen: Having carried enc OF your
Watches for the as eighteen months, ] can say
confidently that they will do,snd may be boushI
with assurance, that they will keep time. Ibs-
heve the watch unsurpassed.
HORACE GREELKy.
Book Room, No. eOl Mulberry ST.,
New York, Feb. 6, 1850.
RoBBISs, Treasurer Amer. Watch Co.
Dear Sir: take great pleasure In being Abls
to certify that for the last ten months I have
carried a watch from the mandatory OF The A
merican Watch Company and that IL has given
perfect satisfaction as a time keeper. Judging
from the one have, do not hesitate 10 pre-
dict that the day is not far distant when watch
es made in the United States will supercede ali
others. JAxEs FLoy, ID. n.
Wilton Bluff, s c, Oct 90. 1853.
R ROBINS, Esq,
Dear Sir-The three watches of your manu-
Iaeture which purchased on my plantation,
rave proved 10 be the most correct time-keep-
RS | have ever known. gave my head servant
ny head carpenter and my head engineer each
me ofthem, and since they have been In their
respective possession, every thing on the plsn-
alton has msved like clock werk, In conse-
Iuence OF the extreme accuracy and regularity
nth which these watches perform.
Yours truly, LEWIS N0BRrs.
CHICAGO, ILL., March 1880.
american Watch Company;
| have tested with extreme care the running
fthe watch bough, OF you, now nearly year
ince, and so accurate and equable has neen lie
that have thought 1t would in
crest you and all others familiar With horology
0 see record ofits variations. Il was finally
to true time amer hal baen regulating in
~ possession two months.
une 5.......lost sec Oct l.-..-.. -.iott see
ug I5...... 6 d" Dec i5........ 80
ince which time It's average monthly variations
as not exceeded six secands.
NoRxkx WtAED.
CArros.-As our watch is now extensively
'unterfe ited by foreign manufactures, we have
inform the public that no watch IL Of our pro
iction which Is unaccompanied by a certifoats
genuiness, bearing the number OF the watch,
ID ssgned by our Treasurer. r. Z. Ros,sx., or
predecessors, Appleton, Tracy * Co.
As the watches are for sale By Jewellers gonof.
ly throughout the Unior, we do not solicit lor-
rs for single watches.
Fot the American Watch Company.
ROBBINS 4 APPLETON.
wnoLEskLx koKx1s.
No. lss Broadway, New Ysrs.
no a;.ctsweAsov. 80 ~ a. =. ii