The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-06-07
k MERICAN WATCH COMPANY,
GOLD IND SILVER W.ATCHES.
OFFICE JOHN A. STODDART, NO. All
CHESTNUT STREET, PHlLADEL-
PHIA, PENN'h.

Attention is invited to the following q
statement and the accompanying testimoni- e. \
ais in favor of these sAzD
CELEBRATED .9HERICy7.N'W.7TCH
AGold Medal was awarded the Company by the
Massachusetts Mechanical Association, 1886.
Gold Medal was also awarded them by the Amer
lean Institute at New York, in 1887. The Compa-
nv also received the First Premium-a Gold Medal
from the franklin Institute, Philadelphia, IN
1855
These Watches have now been IN the market for
nearly years, during which time they have ceen
tested as to
ACCURACY, DURABTETTF AND RELIABLL-
ITY,
IN every conceivable manner, and have proved
themselves 10 be the most satisfactory time pieces
ever offered to the public.
This result has been brought about by stIict ap-
pll cation of mechanical science to the construction
Of the watch from its very inception, rendering It,
when flushed
ENTHUSIASTICALLY CORRECT,
in all proportions, and necessarily as perfect time
keeper as it is possible 10 make.
The Company have tested their Watches. in
many instances, by actual daily notng and the re-
suit Of this test has been that they have exhibited
rate equal in regularity to the best marine chTo-
nometer
N. B.-We have just introduced
.NEW STYLE OF WATCH
elabolately finished, and thinner than any have
heretofore Produced with several improvements
calculated to secure the greatest accuracy of peIfor
nance and to prevent the usual accidents and de-
rangements to which foreign WATCHES are liable.
Letter from Pail .Norpdy, the Celebrated
Ch'Ss Player.
New York, Oct Is, 1859.
MIR. r. f. ROBBINS, Treas. Am. Watch Co:
Dear Sir The American Watch, No. 924O,
w. Nl,lx ytaL
to be most reliable and accurate time keeper-al-
most unnecessarily for ordinary purposes. II IS
now nearly five months since it came into my pos
session. and during that period its variation from
standard time has been but trife more than half
minute The following is record Of its perfoT
nance. 1t was set June Sd correctly:
June IS, fast4 seconds. Aug. IS, fast is seconds.
'u' IS, ), 20 do do r. IS, IS do
Aug. = -16 do Oct. /, 80 do
give you PERMISSION to mike such use Of this
statement as you may think proper.
| am, with respect, yours truly,
PAUL MORPHY.
The foHow,ng is from .fr. Porter, the oceiL
knorn Marine ChrOn0meter and Watch
.NqFer.
Bosron, Sept 28, 1889.
g. f. RoBBINs, Treas. Am. Watch Co.
Dear Sit 81 have sold during the last year a
considerable number OF Watches Of the Waltham
manufacture, and am happy to say that all of them
without exception, have fulfilled my guaranty, and
have given satisfaction to the purchasers.
GEORGE F.. PORTER.
The following named gentlemen may be refer
red TO in relation to these Watches.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, John q. SAKE,
Vermont, N. P. Willis, N. Y, Hon. N. P. Banks,
Massachus etts, A. L. Hamilton Tennessee, James
W Simonton, Cal. Carlos d. Stuart, Long Island,
Townsend Harris, Japan, Horace Greeley, Frank
Leslie, Norman Wizard, Wis DR.. J. Marion Sims,
Charles Hammond, Phil'a., Prof Bartlett, West
Point, Dr. Ammi Brown, Boston, Lieut. Henry A.
Wise U. S. N, Col. w J. Harden, U. S. A, s.
Ireneus Prime, D. D. White Plains, Col. T. 3.
ThoTne