The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-23
NO. 212.
Sytw Sdptrtisfmtnts.
AMERICAN
WALTHAM WATCHES.


I've claim, and arc prepared to prove, tha
the American W atches, manufactured atwAltham,
Mass, are not only equal, but far superior to the
common watches Of England, Switzerland, and
France
H.-Whils we admit that It would be difaoult to
excel the masterpieces of the eminent European
manufacturers and while we do not claim to have
made any decisive improvements over them, we
do assert and challenge a successful denial, that
our superior class Of watches are fully equal, IN
susry respect, to the most expensive specimens OF
foreign chronometrical ART.
Hive claim that our Watches are cheaper,
more accurate, less complex, more durable, bet
teg adapted for American use, and more easily
kept in srder aud repaired than any other watches
In the market.
lY.-ThN reasons why our W Watches possess these
advantages over their European rivals Rrechle1y
FYrH Because the principle Of the division Of
labor is carried out in our workshops 10 Its ex-
tromest limits, not In human industry only, but in
machinery well. Every watch passes through
hundreds of hands and hundreds Of machines
Second. Because we promptly adopt every new
invention to perfect our machinery, and every
pronered Improvement in the structure oiwatehes.
TAfrd. Because in each Of the very numerous,
minute and often microscopic parts OF which
watch is made up, VIC attain, by mechanical pow
err nearly absolute atlcal precision and uni
iormity, which IL is utterly impossible to achieve
by manual labor, Wheels, pinlons escapements,
balances, springs, and scrows-e1act counterparts
in weight, circumference, and dimenslons-are
turned out by millions by the unerring because un-
swervlng, iron hands OF machinery. Hence every
watch Of any one style is true copy OF its model
V.-lhese results enable us to defy foreign ri
valry because no similar uniformity and precision
is attdinable by hand, and because in Wal ham
alone is machinery exclusively employed in the
manufacture Of this intricate and delicate mech.
anism.
VI-Now, as will be seen at once this similarity
in structure reduces the cost of production It So
cures uniformity in results; it perpetuates and a.
(aHi6Iv difruscs any excellence that may be once
achieved; and makes it easy to repair anyinJury
sustained or replace any part that may be lost or
destroyed.
VII-In addition to these mechanical adv vantages,
ourwntches Simplerin In structure, and therefore
stronger and less likely to be injured than the ma
Jority of foreign watches. They are composed of
from 12b to 300 pieces. In an old English watch
there are more than TOO parts
vIH.-we began our experiment In 1858, in the
face of formidable prejudice against American
watches. Our system was new and untried. We
have steadily increased our facilities, until now
we employ over 700 artisans and sell 10 900 watches
year. Nearly quarter of a million ofour watches
are in use to-day in every State of the Union, as
we'll as in the Mexican and British Provinces and
Colonies. Their universal popularity is the best
proof of their merit that we can produce They
| have won their way In spite of every opposition
and OF immemorial prejudices. Hundreds of deal.
ers all over the country have expressed their pref
erenee for ourproducts alter long and practical
experience with foreign watches.
Amy Of the grades of Waltham Watches may he
purchased Of watch dealers generally throu gheut
the country.
ROBBINS &c APPLETON,
1872 Broadway, New York.
ROBBINS. APPLETON a co.,
I5s Washington street, BOstOn.
Feb, IS, 1s67-dTuThsaweowsm2
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