New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28

TIMrrIrCES RANGING ~ PRICE FROM
ST. 10 $1,000.
PROGRESS OF TIL: AMERICAN MAKE THE WATCH
Ti.Ar WILL. SHOW FIFTH or
4 S..CD.iD

Where is. strictly speaking. no season for
wNtchcs. hu; it is III the late summer thti 'he
jcwcllcr. In anticipation OF people boGnd NOME
waid from their vacations. sets his cases IN or
dor AID fakes hood Of now styles and fashions.
The commercial interest and capital invested IN
these useful articles OF ornament are larger, III
deed than enc would suppose. How many
millions dollars concerned II ~ inpoSSip'c
TO estimate iut the magnitude OF the trade can
be gathered when it IL said mat over sew"
million American watches are sold each year.
besides some hundreds Of thousands OF foreign
makes
Just now. therefore, Lundr: Dc 81 thcs" Time
pieces are To hc seen. in almost as many dii-
fcr,nt designs. They range from The plain Mite
witches Of sii.cr. sold at so and even lower
the Very hes, shoTs sell watches nowadays as
low a $i2 10 jcwclled affairs in miniature IN
which tn" watch itself is n tiny thing Vhc
"noy,mcnI" therefore, most costly. bringing
SlS,O Literally. any price between thcs' TWO
extremes finds choice OF tmcpicccs. and the
watchmnl. r. each year display Il more bc"idcr-
irs variety.
Yank-o mechanical nS ruii, las so far iri-
umph,d that Eulor" car no longer coinprt"
with it r In, cheaper siAd"5. For any "at'h
under so and an excellent t.ra"i! .cr can ~"
bought for that sum the American products
lead. Their fact prirS turn ont watches ih1i Keep
the best Of Tine and head a." world Eui IN 'Hc
costlier wa, hes thr Swiss workrcn ati'1 HiAHI
pr.-cmincnt G.ncYa its r.t. even ia th.a dag
Of great machine factories. lost her superiority
in matchmaking and Swiss mo,cmcnts' con-
tinuc 10 b. souEht after On every hand In
fact. the American factories. though f'~ aars
ago they g.! essay 90 maize ,hronocraTha ard
ropeatc.s and experimental Wi,h that newest
Ina "a. -tff
hlths 4 = soc nd. have now iact!caiIy %if"n Wy
this field. and left r. to the foreigners. 50 Fred
cric.; Benedict II Benedict i:Io;hcrs. say You
can buy an American watch hc o. Glarh 4 thr
Other day AK high az $40 Tn" movement IN
THIS costs 500. which IS about AS far as NAH -
here go. though On" Ivnkcr las a r.'tcf.'n ~ d"
soils at $li5 Practically. honc>cr You an buy
u very excellent watch FOR 500 comI iei". In
grades less expensive there IS now sold IA"
filed case two Thin plates u gold joined 80 -
metal back by tremendous pr'ssuf" The re-
sult u.s. to all intcnis and purposes. solid case
Of gold D, tier than many Of those sold - solid
gold The prices II thee run as low AS 81
For SO you can get q very good silsrr watch
How 90 the makers r.annS" I" sell 'uF""
American watches a year? Wei. each )'af
there are hundreds II thousands. perhaps f.'-
cral millions Of boys and girls ready for th-ir
other hundreds Of thousands II young mon ana
women II the are II twenty one Who want
something; better than tho had IA children. la
addition to Ihcsc. some u,a arr always getting
new watches. to replace those lost. or buying
cheap ones for country wear Some. too. like To
have "A number II watches. and chang OF on
them"
Tn, siyl.a In tn" costlicr wItchcf for this
year VIII De very rigid The open face 10"
rules the hunting case has gone out OF fashion
The dials have the hours marked IN Arabic
numerals instead ~ Roman FIR mon tho
watch Of the day is severely simple It is fairly
small ana must have no ornament. except pos
sibly monogram The back. Womcn's
watches are to be equally simple. With the cx-
cop,ion r their SIZE. thcy not to differ At all
from thosc carried by the men
OF course this docs no, take into account the
chatclainr watch. which continues to hold its
popularity aronG women. The plain watches
mentioned scll from $3.50 down. good mans
watch with a Swiss movement being obtainabe
at about 50. n woman's ut $40 With the
chatclaine watches prices run rampant
"Though the favDritc watch for women to-
day" say Tiffany Il Co. "is undoubtedly the
plain gold one immense number Of these
chatclainc watches is being sold. Here is one.
its face hardly larger than your nngcrnaiI.
powdered with diamonds It's price IL 500
Here is watch set in a ring. sprinklcd.
too. with diamcnds Already one II these has
been sold for 5000 These Jcwclled watches
range in price from $50 up. Some are even
lower than $40 and every sort Of jewel and
variety Of enamel is used
watches such as these" of course. invariably