The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-06-21
A MRRICAN WATCH COMPANY
GOLD AND SILVER W.aTcHES.
OFFICE JOHN A. SToDDART, NO. All
CHESTNUT STREET, PHlLADEL-
PHIA, PENN'a.-

Attention ia invited to The folio wing =
statement and the accompanying tesfimeni- G D
ais in favor Of these Szhz~
CELEBRATED .7.NERIC.7.NH.4TCHES,
AGold Medal was awarded the Company by the
Massachusetts Mechanical Association, 1890. a
Gold Medal was also awarded them by the Amer
ican destitute at New York, in 1857. The Compa-
ny also received the First Premium Gold Medal
from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, IN
1883.
These Watches have now been IN the marker lot
nearly ten years during which time they have feen
tested TO
ACCURACY d DURABILITY AND RELIABIL-
ITY,
10 every conceivable manner, and have proved
themselves TO be he most satisfactory time pieces
ever offered to the public.
This result has been brought about by stIct ap-
pl 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 il is possible 10 make.
The Company have tested their Watches. IN
many instances, by actual daily noting, and TIE re-
sult uf this test has been that they have exhibited
e equal in regularity to the best marine chro-
nometer
n. B.-We have just introdaeeda
NEW STYLE OF W.4TCH
eiabolately finished, and thinner than any we have
heretofore produced, with several improvements
calculated to secure the greatest accuracy Of pe'or
nance and 10 prevent the usual accidents and de-
rangements 10 which foreign watch's are liable
Letter from Paul .NorPhy, tie Celebrated
Chss Player.
NEw YORK. Oct. Is, 1889
MIR R. ROBBINS, Treas. Am. Watch Co.
Dear SIR The American Watch, No. e24o,
presented me by the New York Chess Club, proved
L.. k1ao md "a Zee
most unnecessarily so for ordinary purposes. IL IS
now nearly five months since il 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 ef its Perfor-
nance. 1t was set June Sd correctly
June Is, fast4 seconds. Aug. Is, fast 1s seconds.
July /, 6 do Sept. /, % do
IS, 10 do IS, 2s DO
I give yon permission 10 mike such use OF this
statement you may think proper.
am, with respect yours truly,
PAUL MORPHY.
The fcHow1ng is from .4b Porter, the aCrii
Eaorn Marine Chrono meter and Wofch
.Naker
Bos7os Sept. 2s, 1859.
r. z. ROBBINS, Treas. Am. Watch Co.
Dear Sir IL have sold during the last year a
considerable number of Watches of the Watham
manufacture, and am happy to say that all of them
without exception, have fulfilled my guaranty, and
have given satisfaction 10 the purchasers.
GEORGE E. PORTER.
The tollow,ng named gentlemen may be refer
red to an relation to these Watches.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, John G. SAKE,
Vermont, n. P. Willis N. Y, Hon. n. P. Banks,
Massachusetts,, 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. Amm Brown, Boston, Lieut.. Henry A.
Wise, U. s. NJ, Col. J. Harden. o. s. a., s.
Ireneus Prime, D. D. White Plains, Col. 7. B.
Thorpe.