The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-26
5gfw advertisements.
AM " ERICAN
WALTHAM WATCHES.


1--we claim, and are prepared TO prove, tn,
the Americana W atchss, manufactured atwAithsm,
Mass, are not only equal but far superior to tho
common watches Of England, switzerland, and
France
TT.-while we admit that II would be difncult to
excel the masterpieces Of tho 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, n
svsrv respect, to the most expensive specimens OF
foreign chronometrical art.
live claim that our Watches are cheaper,
more accurate less complex, more durable, bot.
ter adapted for American use, and more easily
kept In order and repaired than any other watches
In the markat.
IV-Tbe reasons why our Watches possess these
advantages ever their European rivals are chiefly
Fprst. because the principle Of the division Of
labor is carried out In our workshops to its OK
tremsst limits, not in human industry only, but In
machinery as we'll. Every wstch 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 OF watches.
Thtrd Because In each Of the very numerous,
minute, and often microscopic parts Of which
watch is made up, we attain, by mechanical pow
err nearly absolute natl hcmatlcal precision and uni
tornity, which IL is utterly impossible to achieve
~ mammal lahnr whapla ninIons psCanpnpnts
balances, springs and scrows-exact counterparts
In weight, circumference, and dimensons-sre
turned out by millions by the unerrlng because un-
swervlng, iron hands of machinery. Hence oyery
watch Of any style is true copy of its model.
v,-rhese results enable Us to defy foreign ri
valry because no similar uniformity and precision
is attalnable by hand, and because in Wal ham
alone Is machinery exclusively employed In the
manufacture OF this intricate and delicate mech
anism
NI.-Now, as will be seen az once, this similarity
In structure reduces the cost of production; II
cures uniformity In results; itperpetuates aud n,
(dili6ly difruses any excellence that may be once
achieved; aud makes II easy To repair any injury
sustained On replace any part that may be lost or
destroyed.
YII-In addition 10 these mechanical advantages,
ourWatchcs are simpler In structure and therefore
stronger and less likely to be injured than the ma
jorit, of foreign watches. They are composed of
from 12b to 800 pieces. In an old English watch
there are more than zoo parts
yIII.-we began our experiment in 1888 in the
face of a formidable prejudice against American
watches Our system was now and untrlsd. We
have steadily increased our facilities, until now
employ over artisans and sell TO- 900 watches
year Nearly aquarter of a million Of our watches
are In use to-day In every State Of the Union, as
well as In the Mexican and British Provinces and
Colonies. Their universal popularity is the boft
proof of their merit that wO can produce They
have won their way in spite Of every opposition
and oil immomorial preJudices. Hundreds Of deal
all over the country have expressed their pref
erence for our products alter long and practical
experience tn foreign watches.
Any of the grades of walthSm Watches may be
purchased of watch dealers generally throughout
the country.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
1872 broadway. New York.
ROBBINS. APPLETON a CO.,
Ibs washington street, BOstoa.
Feb IS, ls67-dTuThsaweowsmQb