Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-16
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I. We c'air,. ar! are prepared il provo Ia, tie
American Watches manufactured At Walhani. Mas
athn-ctts, not only eGual. but supclipr the
comrl8n watches " England Switzerland & France.
Ii,-Whle we Admit that itwauil b. diiOit
eel tho maatcrpeees OF the eminent European mann
fic.urer- and while We do not claim 10 have made
any decisive Improvement. hem. We do assert
nn1 chalenV cesssul denial, TINT super or
class 81 watches u equal. In eycrf respect 10
the mos cApersit- specimens Of fose ii chranome
trca art.
ILL., We claim that our watches are cheaper. more
accurate. less complex more durable. better adapted
for American and easily kept in order and
repaired than aay other watches in the MARKET
W.. The reasons why watches posses these
ad yanaees their European rivals are chiefly:
First. Eecauss the principle cf the i ison o. labor
IS carried oG' in workshops TO ts EXTREMIST limit
not in human industry only BIT In machinery rs well
Every watch passes through hundreds OF hands and
hundreds of machines
Second Because We promptly adopt every new in
venion TO perecs our machinery ana every preferred
improvements in the .trnctutc OF watches.
Third. Because in ca Ii of the very numerous. mi
mute, and often microscopic psr.s which watch IL
made nr. we attain. by mechanical power. nearly ab.
sols mathe na,cal pr ,cision and uniformity. which
Wheels, pinons, escapements, balances, syringe. and
screws-exact counterpAyts in weight circumference
an dimensions turned out by millions by the
errng, because answering. iron hands OF machinery.
Heree. every watch OF any style copy Of
is model
N.-Thesc re nj enable Us to deiy foreign rivalry.
because similar uniformity and precision is attain.
ab by hand, aud because in waiham alone is ma
chinery exclusively employed in the manufacture OF
this intricate and delicate mechanism.
Ni.-Sow. rs will be at once, this similarity In
structure reduces the cost OF production it
uniformity in results 1t perretuates and nfallihly
diansss any excellence that may be achieved and
makcs it easy to repair any injury sustained.
place any part that may be lost or destroyed.
With addition to these mechanical advantages.
Watches are simpler in structure. ard therefore
stronger. and less likely be Injured than the major
iiy % foreign witches. They composed OF from
rs 70 a91 pieces. In old Eng isA watch there are
more than = 0 pate.
NfiI.-Ne began our experiment in 1873. in tie
fiee Ola formidahl prejudice acanstAnericau watch
es. OR :. stem and unired. We have
steadily increased facilities. until now EN- psoy
over TO artisant. ard sell ,acc0 watches year =
Nearly quarter Of million Of watches in use
to day in ever State in the Union wei a IN the
Mexican and British Provinces and Colonies. Their
universal popularity Is the best proof OF their ner.
that c can produce. They have won their way In
spite of every opposition and of mmeinorial preju-
dices. Hundreds OF dealers all oTer the country have
expressed their preference Tor our products after
long and practical experience with foreign watches,
Any of the grades or walthan, watches may be pur-
chased Of watch dealers generally Throughout the
country.
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