The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-31
AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY
GOLD AND SILVER BITCHES.
OFFICE JOHN A. STODDART, NO. All
= CHESTNUT STREET, PHlLADEL-
PHIA, PENN'A.

Attention is invited 10 the folio wing &
statement and the accompanying tesfimoni- E~y
ais in favor Of these CT
CELEBRATED .7TCHES,
Gold Medal was awarded the Company by the
Massachusetts Mechanical Assoc iatoR, 1856. A
Gold Medal was also awarded them by the Amer
lean Institute 81 New York, in 1857. The Compa-
ny alsc received the First Premium-a Gold Medal
from the franklin Institute, Philadelphia, IN
1883.
These Watches have now been in the market for
nearly ten years, during which time they have hren
tested TO
ACCURACY, DURABILITY AND RELIABLE
ITY,
In every conceivable manner, and have proved
themselves TO be the most satisfactory time pieces
ever offered TO the public.
This result has been brought about by stIict ap-
pill 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 it is possible TO make.
The Company have tested their Watches, in
many instances, by actual daily noting, and Tie re-
suit Of this test has been that they have exhibited
rate equal in regularity 10 the best marine chro-
nometer.
N. B. We have just ntToduceda
.NEW STYLE or W.4TCH
elaboIately finished, and thinner than any We have
heretofore produced, with several Improvements
calculated the greatest accuracy of perfor
nance, and tesPrevent the usual accidents and de-
engagements to which foreign watches are liable.
Lpfter fran Paul .NOrphy, the Celebrated
Ch'ss Player.
New YORK; Oct. Is, 1859.
Mr.. R. f. ROBBINS, Treas. Am. Watch Co..
Dear Slr:-The American Watch, No. 92i0,
presented me by the New York Chess Club, proved
70 be most reliable and accurate time -keeper-al
most unnecessarily so for ordinary purposes. 1t is
now nearly Eve months since ii came into my pos
session, and during that period its variation from
standard time has been but trihe more than half a
minute. The following is record of its perfor-
nance. 1t was set June Sd correctly;
June Is, fast4 seconds. Aug. Is, fast IS seconds.
July l, do Sept. /, % do
IS, = 20 do IS, % do
give you PERMISSION to mike such use of this
statement as you may think proper.
| am, with respect yours truly,
PAUL MORPHY.
The toliowsng is from Mr.. Porter, the poeft
knOwn Marine ChnOnometer and Watch
Maker.
BOsros, Sept. IS, 1859.
R. f. ROBBINS, Treas Am. Watch Go.
Dear Sir 81 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 TO the purchasers.
GEORGE Z. PORTER.
The tot1OWtng named gentlemen may be refer
red TO IN relation TO these Watches.
Hon. Hannibal Hamln, Maine, John 6. SAKE,
Vermont; N. P. Willis, N. Y, Hon. N. p. BankE,
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. NJ. Col. w. j. Harden, q. s. A, s.
Ireneus Prime, D. D. White Plains, Col. T. B
Thorpe.