Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-01
AMEWlCAN CLOG x COMPANY
A Look ~ their Business - The
Agency IN Ch1cago.

Time proves ~ thiogss but It . esnculs
matter 70 prove iims. That can only b
accomplished by sood time msssuss. and
the attempt u oftso failure. A 6ns face,
beautiful case. and slsgaal hasds, ere veil
enough, but these afs vaiueIees Il The works
b NJ perfect. TIE perfection sf the mes
chanism is the great end aimed 1t, IN order
that the time piece may bseeslly time
measuses.
The American Clock Company, No. 5
Cortland street, New York, has long been
famed for the pseuliss accuracy ofshe clecks
supplied by them. They ere the sole agents
for the three great American notwithstanding
oompanies-the e. N. WEIGH. the New Has
ven, and the universally celebrated Seth
Thomas. These three companies are the
leaders in the great clock>making move>
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 pieces of the
Amsrican Clock Company are known aud
Used wherever the wheel measurement has
succeeded to the rule Of thumb In dstesain-
| ing the march Of time.
The unmistaksble preference given to
the eoods Of the American Clock Com pany
BY dealers generally, is but the index. or
the result Of the preference shown BY the
great clsck>us'ns pebble; and the reputstjn
10 we'll desssssd. The highest talent, The
best experience, and the most valuable
workmanship are secured, and the work In
every department 10 made - near perfect q
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
naking maehiscs are of the meet
complete description, and their. design.
! ess and workers are Of, the. best.
vet the labor Of two years he's
been appended in the producnon Of c'ook
now just completed. Bot that tieue was
yell spsOs. Ths clo0k u . marvel of, ~,
chsaisAl precison rivaliag in the nicsties Of
it, make and adjustments, any Of the most
costly works Of Europe, ADD the same ma.
chissry which has produced that clock is
now ct work, and will turn out tens Of
thousands Of fac similrs without adjustment
Or change, oil equally perfect. II 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 unlike many new
things, these are all perfect, and incapable
OF improvement. The frst 10 ~ good IS
the last, and both as good as they can be-
The American Clock Company has recent
" established branch house in the West
No 1l5 Lake street, Chicago-prssidcd
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, ct the same prices -
charged 10 the New York house, and with
OFT the trouble, expense or delay Of visit
to chs ssabossd. o. the risk Of not bsiog
suited on personal inspection. This advan>
iags 10 . great one, and that itis largely ap~
psscia'sd BY our Western dealers 10 suffi>
GENTLY shown 10 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 10 the
present reputation Of these clocks; we need
say nothing where eli are SO well agreed
Our object in reverting to the subject was
merely 10 call attention to this fact that the
store rooms oi tire agency, us Lake
street, Chicago, are Just now filled with IN
unusually 6ne assortment Of goods, including
MANY valuable novelties, and all the old
stand>bys which have made the name Of
this Company SO famous. Dealers will
find something TO interest them in . look at
the stock, and may we'll wonder il that as
sortmsnt be not in itself sufficient to supply
the world till time and time-piecss shall
alike b no longer.