Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-27
wALTHAM WATCHES.


The extensive use of these Watches for the last fif
teen years By Railway Conductors, Engineers and
Expressmen-the most exacting of watch wearers-
has thoroughly demonstrated the strength, steadf-
ness, durability, and accuracy Of the WaItham
Watch To satisfy that class in all these respects is
to decide the question the real value of these
time-keepers.
More than 45O, 900 Of these watches are now
speaking for themselves in the pockets OF the PEG.
plea proof and a guarantee Of their superiority
over all others.
The superior organization and great extent of the
Company 3 W orks at Waltham, enable them TO pro-
duce watches at price which renders competition
futile, and those who buy any other watch merely
pay from Is to 80 Per cent more for their watches
than is necessary.
We are now selling waltham Watches at less
prices in greenbacks, than the gold prices before the
war. There is no other manufacture Of any kind In
the United States of which this can be said
These time pieces combine every improvement
that long experience has proved of real practical
use Having had the refusal of nearly every inyen-
ton in matchmaking originating in this country or
in Europe, only those were finally adopted which
severe testing by the most skiful artisans in our
works, and long use the part of the public, de-
monstrated to be essential to correct and enduring
time-keepirg.
Among the many improvements we would particu-
larize:
The invention and use Of centre pinion Of pecu
liar construction, to prevent damage to the train by
the breaksge Of main springs, IL original with the
American Watch Company, who, having had the re-
fusal Of all other contrivances, saopted Fogg's
Patent pinion as being the best and faultless.
Hardened and tempered hair springs, now univer-
sally admitted by watchmakers to be the best, are
used in all grades Of Waltham Watches.
All wsltham Watches have dust proof caps, pro-
tectfng the movement from dust and lessening the
necessity of the frequent cleaning necessary in other
watches.
Our new patent stem -winder, or keyless watch ts
already decided success and a great i'm provement
on any stem winding watch in the American market,
and by far the cheapest watch of its quality now
offered to the public To those living in portions of
the United States " here watchmakers do abound,
watches with the above mentioned improvements
which tend to insure accuracy, cleanliness, dura-
bility and convenience, must prove invaluable.
Every watch guaranteed by the Company.
To prevent imposition, buyers should see that
every watch should bear either of the following
trade marks:
American watch Cc.............-.. waItham
Appleton, Tracy Co---.-...-.-..
p. =. Bartlett.....---.....-........--..
William kliery....--....-...-....-.--
Home Watch Co...-.-.-..-........-.-. -
For sale at retail By all respectable dealers.
descriptive circular giving much useful infor-
nation sent to any address on application.
No watches retAiIed BY the Company.
Address,
ROBBINS d APPLETON,
GesT Agents,
1s2 Broadway, New York.
Ask 10 see tis aesg FULL-PLATE WATCH bsay-
tss the trade mark "AMERICAN WATCH o.,
Crescent St. WaIfhans, Mass" IL Is on far ths best
FHt! Plate WafcA made IN hs DATED STATES. and
srTpassss aHyAns hsrstofors made IN this eoxntyy
for Ra,Ltcay EHs,nssrs, Conductors, &c.
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