The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-03
WALTHAM WATCHES,
A CARD.

An illustrated record OF the watches
produced at the Waltham Mandatory
may be not improperly prefaced with a
brief mention of the considerations which
induce US to press them upon the atten-
ton of intelligent watch-buyers.
Fifteen years successful experience
justify us in claiming for the Waltham
Watches peculiarities of excellence which
place them above all foreign rivalry.
The system which governs their construc-
ton is their most obvious source of merit.
The substitution of machinery for hand
labor has been followed not only by
greater simplicity, but by a precision in
detail, and accuracy and uniformity in
their time-keeping qualities, which BY the
old methods of manufacture are unat-
tainable.
The application of machinery to watch
making has, in fact, wrought revolution
in the main features of the business. In
conjunction with enlarged power of pro-
duction, it has enabled us to secure the
smoOthness and certainty of movement
which proceed from the perfect adaptation
of every piece to its place. Instead of q
feeble, sluggish, variable action, the bal
ance, even under the pressure of the light
est handspring, vibrates with wide and
free motion. The several grades of
watches have more than general resem-
blance, each to its pattern they are per-
feet in their uniformity, and may be
bought and sold with entire confidence
as to the qualities we assign to them
These general claims to superiority are
no longer contested An English watch
maker, in recent lecture before the
Neurological Institute OF London, describ-
ing the result of two months close obser-
vation at the various manufactures in the
United States, remarks in reference to
Waltham "On leaving the factory, felt
that the manufacture of watches on the
old plan was gone" Other foreign
makers, some of them eminent, have pub
licly borne the same testimony. They
admit that the results aimed at in Europe
by slow and costly processes are here
realized with greater certainty, With an
almost absolute uniformity, and at a cost
which more than compensates for the diff
ference between manual labor in the old
world and the new
But we assert for the Waltham watches
more than general superiority. Their
advantages, in respect of quality and
price, over English and Swiss watches,
are not more marked than are their al.
vantagcs over the products of other Amer
lean manufactures These are positive in
their character, and are the natural conse-
quences of the precedence we acquired in
the trade, and the proportions to which
our mandatory has attained. No indus
trial law is better established than that
which cheapenS the cost of an article in
proportion TO the magnitude of its pro-
duction. The extent of our establishment
the combination of skilled labor on an
extensive scale, with machinery perfect
and ample-enables us to offer watches at
lower rates than those of any other manu-
facturer. The aggregate of profit is the
end kept in view-nOt the profit on any
single watch. And, acting on this princi-
pie, with reduced cost of production and
an ever widening demand, our watches
are offered at prices considerably below
the watches OF other American makers,
comparing quality with quality. Our
annual manufacture is double that of all
other makers in this country combined,
and much larger than the entire manufac-
ture of England.
The conditions which make this cheap
ness possible are alse favorable to the
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long ago ceased to be nOvices. Time and
effort, under a superintendent which
combines the subtleties of science with
the strength of practical skill, have pro-
duced body of artisans whose efficiency
is for the time pre-eminent We have the
best workers in every department that
are available-workers whose expertness
and experience would be alone sufficient
to secure for Waltham its high position.
Among other tributary causes, may be
stated the readiness with which each sue
ceeding invention and improvement has
been tested, and, if approved, adopted.
We are always ready to examine whatever
experience, or art, or skill may suggest,
but we adopt nothing until experiments
have demonstrated its excellence. In
pursuance of this rule, we have brought
to our aid all the mechanical improve
ments and valuable inventions Of the last
fifteen years, whether home or foreign in
their origin. We have thus acquired the
exclusive possession of the best and most
valuable improvements now known in
connection with watch making, and Sc
cured for the Waltham factory force and
completeness not shared by any similar
establishment in the world.
These constant efforts to perfect in all
ways. and by ali means, both the machin-
cry of the factory and the construction
OF our watches, have placed within our
means the production of a greater variety
in grade and finish than other American
makers have attempted. In the manufac
ture of very fine watches we have no
competitor in the United States, and only
very few in Europe.
The various styles of these watches
have undergone the severest trials in the
service of Railway Engineers. Conductors
and Expressmen, the most exacting class
of Watch wearers, and the presence of
over 100000 Waltham Watches in the
pockets of the people is the best proof of
the public approval. and must be accepted
as conclusive of their superiority by dis
eliminating Watch buyers, especially SO
since the important matter Of price is also
very greatly in their favor, being at least
twenty five per cent cheaper, quality for
quality, than those made elsewhere in the
United States. As it would be impossible
to describe the peculiarities of each style
in the space allotted for that purpose,
buyers are referred to respectable dealers
throughout the country, who will cheer
fully furnish all necessary information
both as to the different grades and their
respective prices. The accompanying
illustrations show the upper plates, sizes,
and trade IN irks of the different styles Of
our manufacture, and furnish the best
possible security against the sale of worth
less limitations of our watches, under the
name of the genuine. In many cases the
spurious watches have similar trade