New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-28
Reed & Barton,
sIIyERsMITHS,
81 Union Square. n. Y.
sII.yERsNlITIIS,

London John Miltons watch has a sinai oval sh'
yer case and raised points on the dial by winch tho
Hind ard told the time An astronomical watch
in shell.enamelled case, with big round open face.
~ tho seventeenth century carried by Sir Isaac
Newton A curious watch Is In three metal cases,
open face with bright picture landscape dated l1l'
and made in Kilmarnock, Scotland THIS was Roo'
ert Burns's watch.
The smallest watch in the collection was carried
bv the Inflated Lady Grey 1t is an open face
silver case with enameed DIAL and about the cir.
cum ference of a coin dollar. Near 1t Is queen
Ellzabeth's watch-a large. round case OF metal ana
blue enamel Both are OF the sixteenth century,
the first Of Swiss make, the other maze by JehDis
OF Paris These the only watches carried oy,
women in the collection. Another royal watcn oe.
longed to James 7. 1t is Of English make, dated
1910. and is thick as three modern Watches Inv
case is OF gold. finely engraved. and the hgures on
the dial set a line of silver Inc piaihess
watch in tho collection was John Bunyans time
niece II IS a big silver open face watch, with Sec
ond hands set on a plate This also Is or English
make by Filter OF London and of the sixteenth cen'
fury A beautiful shell case. silyer-mountea watcn,
dated 1856 was carried by William of Orange. Lord
Nelson's watch. which he himself presented 10 Cap
tain Rose OF the Victory, has a large silver case,
with tho figures almost at the centre OF the dial.
IL is Of French manufacture, by Delornie OF farls
Besides the historical watches there are six hum
dred antique watches not less curious, OF the early
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The larger
Swiss ard French. while less than dozen are
Dutch, three four German, two made In Dublin. F.
and one in Vienna They include rare cases some o
set with turquOises some with rubes, others Eng
lsh enamelled and English repousse. twenty-five
carat; silver and copper enamelled; silver plicn'
beck and shagreen; metal ana silver, ana snel.
The works show even greater variety. one OF thess
% Xa[chgS ort aS en- Hy MVCcRV it is verge seven
teeenth century, French make. But one Ea'en ia
woman-Anne Dunlop. OF London IL IL curious
timepiece of seventeenth century date in leather
lIaL fiil1 a
tifui watches is an English chronometer, Of eigh-
tenth century dae g s 70 hf - in he form OF
pear exquistely enameled, with a bouquet ot
Srgt GWers ON tk century r watch in silver
in the form OF skull and on 'TS The 'T maker IS
Unknown but 1t is supposed TO be OF French manu-
facture Among these antique curiosities Is GYM
quarter repeater with hand painted marine picturs
the shore Neptune IN shcl! sporting VIII wltn
nyPhs A FS@a the M rum OF the da are the
Just around the corner so to speak. is the Water
bury Watch Company exhS Sns IN The Waerury
handsome display and sug preeS 10 t soe Sgo
It's early career made the Waterbury timepece a
OF amusement to the degree Of rdicule lns
for schoolboys inquring turn OF MIND ana mo
second advertisement Of mems cheap cotni ,s
infinite resource OF dissecng iis works al ies.t
every SATURDAY half-hoday whiie an me Ween suy ~
endless wind made him harry ana aso ,ns t enNy
Of less favored boys. who depended on thelr ,ainlV
clock the schOOlhOuSe bell 10 crop MS W 49,
bury the sidewalk or toss II across the yard acs
fun never stopped IL from gong pnt rather . oten
in the world for a boy. 1t so cheap for a man
that he would carry his waterbury apoiogetIcai.,yy
yet another Just ike it AS premium TO push t The
terburv soon proved its advertising qualities by
this time it dawnei on the waterbury people tnas
the watch had also pushed It's own sale ana was
sufficiently we'll known to warrant IT'S manuIaceturs
as tImepece, and not premium an ,ha bss,'
ness OF Matchmaking. improvements were MADE:
good materials used ana mar ad aoI Zen stride rom
small one horse advertising concern, wn snS
fourshing factory with its manufactures taking
creditable place among American nm - o.0
n eTM Twothris Of the number are women.
who are regarded with high favor because ., Ser
v,c Til opinion this regard expressed ns s,n ,ns
Swiss aHa the Wa9@% FAR tn larger !sy part the
Waterbury Matchmaking is the WORK oi vi, wot sror,
bsq mny es to snd No. she does not Neither does
a man. In thes. days neither men nor lu W Ma.
chinery ana system fix the various processes o.
watchmakng in rs running gear and a another
woman becomes skilful In one process anu a'o'"e'
man or woman in another process. COMEDIAN
1t said in matchmaking circles tha,, c0n watrn
has made grea ter advance than any other OF Amert-
f ,a N time S% n nnif the
demand for low price watch: Inc W a' strong
r@s SE nR m Ss Of the best possible make for the
1t is never represented as IN any IN the
@oiId gold case On the contrary, the Waterbury
nickel plate cases for It's best works. II IS saa
that ne gold filed case Is much s.rS Great ex.
tent TAKEN 1.-THE the place OF the solid gold make for all
watches OF ordinary expense: Fine goid may iyn,;
differs from the solid case In being made OF three
layers two of gold and one of other metal t ne
three layers rolled down to one. by this process,
the inner layer is entirely concealed a., ana Se is
That OF solid gold. The cases are finely ensraoi'
by hand the dias handsomely finished III e reaSly
pass for gold watches only people well up IN 'G ~
S Ms.h R sSGes s the ParS%sry much
to detect the difference between hand and maen,ne
o on the same In" prnepe that makes the differ
between hand and machine made acs nors Ni s
less precise softer and more graceful: oxhu,,, 4,
The novel attraction in the ,he Grses, Clock
in the world and intended for the pSr n yery
p pSspn of nreTsSca fnt c tasg time
fore It's first appearance is at the sn,r co' OF the
p GHDoH where T 'D is seen on ali sides stands
sixteen feet high and is six feet square at tne are
historic scenes carved in high relief The Re e1.
utSn rat by the M OF and
Continental soldier on picket The Mexican wa" ~
neS snSwn scenes from the Civil War are the ng
Sumter. Lincoln freeing the slave ana We
" OF ss snd
the first and last Presidents OF the century Inc
the big dial il a carved bell to represent me
old Liberty Bell The carvings are ine eXamp fcr
OF decorative art and interesting study LOT.
many visitors. But IL is the mechanism OF ths
clock that is wonder and delight Alternating
with the carvings are industries in operation show,
ing the progress in manufactures and use os
machinery the early day hand labor Ing
curious little figures are kept at work by the
electric mechanism all day long, and all day
long hold the crowds The first matchmaking ~
shown in the Swiss home where shop and living
room are one. Next 10 this is the Train room,
the Waterbury factory. where women are BUSY
at the MACHINES and but one man the iorer1hiii
Is said true to life even in the detail OF dress.
The first cotton gin Is shown in cotton nea,
where negroes picking cotton. and Ell Whit-
ney the inventor. explaining his device spinning
and weaving by hand are offset by machine manu-