The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-04-05
A MEXICAN WATCH COMP ANY.
GOLD .AND SILVER W.4TCHES.
OFFICE JOHN a. STODDtRT, NO. Ill
CHESTNUT STREET, PHlLADEL-
PHIA, PENN'A.

Attention is invited to the folio wing q
statement and the accompanying tes'imoni- G. =
ais in favor Of these GAzG
CELEBRATED. D D.7JfERIC.4yFW.4TCEfES,
Gold Medal was awarded the Company by the
Massachusetts Mechanical Association, 1856 A
Gold Medal was also awarded them by the Amer
lean Institute OF New York, ia 1857. The Compa-
ny also received the First PFemium--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 heen
tested as TO
ACCURACY, DURABILITY AND RELK4BtL-
ITY,
IN every conceivable manner and have proved
hens elves 10 be the satisfactory time pieces
offered to the public.
This result has been brought about by stIict ap-
plI cation of mechanical science 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 tbe
sulI Of tins test has been that they hive EXHIBIT ed
rate equal in regularity 10 the best marine chro-
nometsr
n. E.-We have just introduced
NEW STYLE OF WATCH
eIaborateIy finished, and thinner than any have
heretofore produced, with several improvements
calculated TO secure the greatest accuracy of peror
nance, and TO prevent the usual accidents and de-
rangements to which foreign watches are Liable.
Letter from Paul .norPhy, tie Celebrated
Chss Player
New YogK, Oct. Is, 1859.
Mr.. R. F RoBBINs, Treas. Am. Watch Co.
eh NJ,
presented me by the New York Chess Club, proved
to be a most reliable and accurate time keeper-a-
most unnecessarily for ordinary purposes. It is
now nearly five months since II came into my pos
session, and during that period its variation from
standard Time has been but rlfie more than half
minute. The following is record Of its peri or
nance. II was set June Sd correctly;
June IS, fast4 seconds. Aug. IS, fast Is seconds.
July |. 6 do Sept. ], % do
-, 20 do Is, 2s do
Aug. /, 10 do Oct. /, % do
give you perm sslon to mike such use of this
statement as you may tnLnk proper.
PAUL M0RPHY.
The fcHow1ng is from Mr. Torter, the aCeii
kao1oa Marine Chroaometer and Watch
.Hqker.
Bosrov, Sept. 2s, 1859.
X. +. RoBBGNs, Treas Am. Watch Co.
Dear Slr Il have sold during the last year a
considerable number of Watches of the Waitham
manufacture, and am happy TO say that all of them
without exception, have fulfilled my guaranty, aud
have given satisfaction 10 the purchasers.
GEORGE E. PORTER.
The fol!0w,ag 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,
NJ assachusetts, A. L. Hamilton, Tennessee James
W Smonton. Cal! Carlos D. Stuart, Long Island,
Townsend Harris, Japan, Horace Greeley. Frank
Leslie. No rman Wizard, Wis, DR.. J. Marion Sims,
Charles Hammond, Ph'a, Prof. Bartlett West
Poiat, pr Ammi Brown, Boston, Lieut.. Henry A.
Wise. U. S. N, Col j. Harden, U. S. A, S.
| Ireneus Prime, D. D. White Plains, Col T. B.
Thorpe.