Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1861-01-23
SPECIAL NOTICES
American Watches |!
MADE By THE
american W,dfch COMPANY

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Attention is Invited to the following state
ment and accompanying letters Of recommen-
iation and testimonials, favor OF these cole
Drated Watches.
A gold medal was awarded the Company BY
he American Institute, at New York, in 1857
The company also received the First Premi-
INA god me1aI-from the Franklin Insti
sute, Philadelphia, in 1853.
reese Watches have now been In the marke,
f'rnearly ten years, during which time the,
ave beer tested az to accuracy, durability and
eiiloiltsgin every coneeiv .ble manner, and
laveprov ed themselves to be tho most satisfac.
tory tims-pieees ever offered to the public.
This res dfs has been brought about by a stric;
pplicatoIsof echanieai science to the in
'Peetion ofthe watch from its very inception
endering it when flushed, mathematicaLly cor
rect in al its proportions, sad necessarily as
perfect time keeper as ii is possible to make
The Co npany have tested their watches in
many instances by actual daily noting, and the
result OF this test has been that they have exhib-
ted rate equal ia regularity to tho best ma
rine chrc nometer.
N.B.--we havejust introduced q NEW srrrE
IF Watch, elaborrs< and thinner than
any we have hitheIt0 introduced, with several
improvements calculated to insure the greatest
accuracy ofperformance, and 10 prevent the
usual accidents and arrangements to which
foreign watches arc liable.
The following Is from Mr.. Porter, the we'll.
Snewn Marine Chronometer and Watch maker:
Bosros, April 90, 1860.
Mr. r ROBBINS, Treasurer. &c:
Dear sir:--Since my note to you OF Septem.
er. 1859, have number of your Com
any's watches, 50 hear good reports fron
hem without exception. They give me no
r.uble and my customers every satisiaotio
Recently ship master to whom sold one last
year, called to say thai his ChroDometor having
orosen down At sea, he navigated his vessel
safely meme oy his waltham watch.
Yours Truly, fGEo PoRrrR.
Office OF The Tribune.
New YORK, Oct 81, 1859.
mericsn Watch Company. wsltham:
Gentlemen: Having carried one or your
atches for the as: ei sht n months, ] can say
nfidentIy that they will and may be bought
it'll assurance, that they will keep time. be-
Iieye The watch unsurpassed.
HoR.ce GREEtry.
Book Room, No. 20l Mulberry ST..
New York, Feb 6, 1850.
r. RoBBISs, Treasurer Amer. Watch Co.
Dear Sir: take great pleasure in being able
o certify that for the last ten months I have
carried a watch from the mandatory OF the a
nerican watch Company and that il has given
perfect satisfaction as time keeper. Judging
RON the one have, do not hesitate to pre-
lict that the day Is not far distant wh=n watch
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others. JAMES FLoY, ID. ID.
Wilton Bluff, c, Oct 90, 1859.
ROBBINS. Esq,
Dear Sir-The three watches OF your manu-
faeture which | purchased on my plantation,
have proved to be the most correct time-keep-
FRS have ever known. I gave my head servant
my head carpenter and my head engineer each
one OF hem. and since they have been in their
respective possession, every thing on the plan
tation has meved like clock work, in conse-
quence Of the extreme accuracy and regularity
with which these watches perform.
Yours truly, LEWIS NoBHIs.
CHrc.so, ILL., March leo.
American Watch Company:
have tested with extreme care the running
ofthe watch bought of you. now nearly year
performances that | have thought it would in
terest you and all others familiar with horOlogy
TO see record gifts variations. 1t was finally
=, to true time after it had been regulating in
my possession two months.
June 5 ......Iost sec Oct l....... Lost sec
Tug i5....... &c Z" Dec I5........ -
Since which time its average monthly variations
mas not exceeded SIX secands.
NoR~AN WrASD.
CAurIos.-As our watch is now extensively
counterieited by foreign manufactures, we have
TO inform the public that watch is Of pro
luetion which isunaecompanied by certificate
ji genuiness, bearing the number OF the watch,
aud ssgnsd by our Treasurer. r. <. RosBIEs, or
oyrredecessOrs, Appleton, Tracy & Co.
As the watches are for sale by jewelers. eener-
ally throughout the Unior. We do not solicit or
iers for single watches
Pot the American Watch Company.
ROBBINS & APPLETON.
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
Noise broadway, New York.
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