New-York tribune., 1876-12-12
AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

ica In tho their report speak
Ing Of the unadusted grades Of our goods. Company
produce the of such mOyements bottes
watches than arc produced By the methods We
have examined large number movements Of these
grades With plain or compensated which had uni
torny good sprung thas their time
properties must be Of the highest order for watches
NOT specially adjusted We have also examined the operation
Of the machinery production Of the parts and the In
s,rument used In sprngng tho for other ADJUST
ments and we havo the certainty Of the
they employ and we consider them justly entitled
10 special oonmenosson..
The Jurors conclude long report with the following
paragraph In reference 10 our adjusted wstches'
The Company exhibited wsohes the parts OF which
machinery and highly finished and which
had been adjusted sochronism for position Of the bssnc
and for temperature watches had not been sub
looted to trials astronomical obserystcy and tbs au
ate astronomical IN position and available
at the United States Building we asked oT aDd
received ten the exhibit to be submitted 10
the requisite tes, fOliOvs' l P tenn
ueraturc 4s hours refrigerator and 10 hours heated
room % For Of position and isochrOn The tess
were during period OF ton days The resss showed Tie
excellence OF Susnaents the small errors OUT
standing being limits oonsdcred as ho proper
standard OF excellence of frstcisss pocket
ohronometers
rs,s report VIA signed by sss william Thompson ProfA
Henry Barnard vatson and Hgsrd f. Bayrs Perret and
others The results above referred stated tn fgures
showed h tho as variation Of daily rate under extreme
temperatures 40 compared tbs results OF as annually
Director q the Neachatei Observatory. follows:
VsrIosoa tv 70 Of Tsas~aags jor "a Hsus.
w.LrHIx osG tseven-ous hupdredtAs OF q socODdh
svs. year 1873 fifteen hundrcahs Of seoond
SWISS year 1874 taeenoss haDdredtAs Of seOODd
srs v, 1873 o. ls hrtsen one hundreths seoond.
stated way tho comparison Of results from tho
trial. x errors Cd position makes the follow.
Ing exhibit:
sre.s q Posssea sasi LsSchTents1.
wALIIiAE ls5 sni seven haudrsdhs OF sseonds
swrs yssx ls7s ss5e wo snd afty ssundredths
da second
aMpss year Ss.s9 H~s oud tveQwssvsH one hand-
psdtas Of seeonaA
swn> ycas ls7s ose ninety hundredths
In submitting 10 tie rAO table Of which tho
aSovs s . summary Prot Watson ssp1 IA regard TO
other sss necessary whole 1si complete: "r
have m progress a, ths Observatory further trial Of the
same movements oompstcst form poesioe both for the
adjustments Already and for the stosnsss Of the rate
of each tc~ q considerable posiod Of time Ths
limited time o, my residence in Philadelphia did ps,m,
to make this tsst prior report sssrd but will
psee and publish The tn sabscqusns report 70
you upon sxdbfaOo In te Department Of heroo Tho
tcs stated N the report award thoroughly es
for tsenpessturs was much taan usually
ns.ls tn swttseTlsSd"
Tho supplementary o6sevsIons to von Pref Watson 70
ters ia the foregoing extract continued Throughout
eleven weess and Ne ths whatever mas be- win
be pu b,sl.e4 ~ soon as reduced 10 ssarcs
NB-ns only just TO that other Aues.
lean Watch Company vented susecs hsr prodnc,s TO
the trials proposed by also that the reports OF the
yurss viii show that no Eaghh other watches pro-
pouuced as is now advertised "thO nes. watches 10 the
ExblbttOn."
For The AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY
ROBBINS s APPLETON.