The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-01
AM
WATCHES.

I've claim. aud are prepared to prove, tia
the american atrhc>. manufactured ntW altman,
Mass. are not only equal. but far superior to the
common watchc, Of England. switzerland, aud
France.
U-whiIr we admit that it would be difficult to
excel the masterpiece of the eminent European
manufacturers, and while we do not claim to have
made any decisive Improvement, over th"m. we
do assert and challenge a successful denial, that
our superior elias, Of watches are FUZZY equal, IN
ereyy respect. TO the most cNpcusiv" specimens OF
foreign chronomctrico art.
live claim that our Watches are cheaper,
more accurate. lrs, complex, more durable, bet
ter adapted tor American use, and more easily
kept in order and repaired than any otherwatchcs
in the market.
N.-Thc reasons why oar Watches possess these
advantage, over their European rivals arcchiciy:
FIRST. Because the principle of the division Of
labor /, carried ont in our workshops 10 its cN-
ltrcme,t limits. not in humau industry only hut in
machinery a. wen. Every watch passes through
hundreds Of hand, and hundreds Of machines.
Second. Bccuu,e we promptly adopt every new
invention to perfect oar machinery, and every
proncrcd improvement in the structurco OF watches.
mira. Errausc in each of the very numerous,
minute. amt often microscopic parts Of which a
watch i, male up, We attain, by mechanical pow
err. nearly a6solpts mathcmaticaI precision and uni
%iormity which it i, utterly impossible to achieve
by manual labor. Wheels. pinions, cscapcmcuts,
balances. springs, and screw exact counterpart,
in weight. circumference and dimcnsions-are
.urncdo out by millions by tho unerrinE because nm
swcrying iron hands Of machinery Hence, every
watch Of any one style isatruc copy of its model.
Y.-ihc,r results enable u, to defy foreign ri
yalry, because no similar uniformity and precision
is attninahlc by hand, and because in Wal ham
alone is machinery exclusively employed in the
manufacture OF this intricate and delicate mech
anism.
VL-Now, rs will he seen At once, this similarity
in structure reduces the cost of production il Sc
cures uniformity in results; it perpeiuates and in
CaHBly dlnuscs any excellence that may be once
achieved; and makes iteasy to repair any injury
sustained, or replace any part that may be lost OF
destroyed.
Win addition tothese mechanical advantages
ourWatchcs are simplerin structure, and therefore
stronger, andless likely to he injured than the ma.
jority of foreign watches, They are composed o.
{ from t25 10 300 pieces. Ia an old English watcl
there are more than ZOO parts.
NIu-we began our experiment in 1888 In the
face of a formidable prejudice against american
watches. Our system was new and unuied, W,
haSe steadily increased our facilities, until nov
we employ over roo artisans, and sch 10000 watche
a year. Nearly aquartcr of million ofourw atchc
are in use to-day in every state of the Union, ~
well as in the Mexican aud British Provinces an'
Colonies. Their universal popularity is the hes
proof of their merit that we cam produce. The.
, have won their way in spite Of every opposition
and OF immcmorial preiudice.. Hundreds ofdeal
J. ors an over the country have expressed their pref
crence forourproducts alters long and practice
2 cxpcrienrcw tn foreign watches.
Any of the grades Of waItham Watches may b
: purchased Of watch dealers generally throughor
the country.
ROBBINS n APPLETON,
1872 broadway, New york.
uOBBINs. APPLETON a CO.,
: I5s Washington street, nOstOn.
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