Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-01
), IOWA. MONDAY, JULY L. 1867.
Cl.OlK COMPANY
A l.o~k ~ their Business The
Agency In Chicago.

Time groves ~ thisss, but it is dia6cult
matter 70 prove time. That can only b
accomplished by : god time measure. snd
The attempts u oftso fsilure. 4 ans face.
beautiful csss. and elsgana haads, ore veil
enoush, but these aSs vaiueless Il The works
b. ~ perfect. The perfeesioo Of the me-
chanism is the great end aimed at, 10 order
that the time piece may bsssally time
measuses.
The American Clock Company, No. 8
Cortland street, New York, has long been
famed for the peculiar accuracy ofshe clocks
supplied BY them. They ere the sole ssens
for the three great American manufacturing
oompanies-the E. N. WeIch. the New Has
ven, and the universally celebrated Seth
Thomas. These three companies are the
leaders in the great clock>making mover
ment Of the world. supplying three fourths
Of the clocks used on the face Of the globe.
and sending . large proportion Of their
clocks to Europe, to those very countries
which. but few years ago. made clocks Tor
the United S,stss. The time piecss of the
Amsrican Clock Company are known sod
used wherever the wheel measurement has
succeeded to the rule Of thumb In dstesasin-
ing the march OF time.
The unmistaksble preference given to
the goods Of the American Clock Company
BY dealers generally, is but the index, or
the result Of the preference shown BY the
great cleck>us'ng public; and hsreputstion
10 we'll dessrvsd. The highest talent, 'he
best experience, and the most valuable
workmanship are secured, and the work In
every departoent 10 made - near perfect a
can be. The close attention paid to this is
we'll shown in their recent bringing out Of
model time piece from the Seth Thomas
factories. Though their arrangements for
uahing machines are of the most
complete description, and thsir. des'gn'
ess and workers are Of the best.
vet the labor of two years has
been expended ia the productlou Of clook
now Just completed. Bot that tis4e was
yell spsns. The elo0k il . marvel Of, ,ne,
chanisAl precision rivsling in the nicsties OF
il, make and adjustments, any of the most
costly works Of Europe. and the same ma.
chiusry which has produced that clock is
now ct work, and will turn out tens Of
thousands Of fac similrs without sdjustmsn,
or change, oil equally perfect. IL is this
peculiar feature which gives SO much value
to the productions Of the American Clock
Company. They are perpetually bringing
out something new, but anliks many new
things, these are all perfect, and incapable
Of improvement. The Grst is A. good IS
the last, and both ss good as they can be.
The American Clock Company has recent
" established branch house in the West
No. 1l5 Lake street, Chicago-prssided
over By Mr.. w. Tompkins, thus Offering to
Western dealers the opportunity Of selects
ing from . large assortment of clocks, reg
ulators, time>pieces, and clock materials Of
every description. at the same prices -
charged in the New York house. and with
OFT the trouble, expense or delay Of visit
to the sssbossd. o. the risk Of not bsing
suited on personal inspection. This advan>
lags 10 great one, and that it's largely ap-
prscis' Cd BY our Western dealers 10 sufi>
cisntly shown in the fact that Mr. Tompkins
now sends out from the house in Chicago,
about nins>tenths Of oil the clocks sold in
the Northwest
We can cay nothing that will add 70 the
present reputation Of these clocks; We need
say nothing where eli are SO we'll agreed
Our object in reysrting to the subject was
merely 20 call attention to this fact that the
store rooms OF tfo agency, 1l5 Lake
street, Chicago, are Just now filled with an
unusually fine assortment Of goods, including
manv valuable novelties, and oil the old
stand>bys which have made the name o,
this Company SO famous. Dealers will
find something TO in crest them in . look .,
the stock, and may well wonder il that az.
sortment be not in itself suffic cient to supply
the world till time aud time.piecss shal
alike be no longer.