The times., 1899-05-07

pacity of plant is enormously increased.
And the output being so large. the profit
on each watch can be reduced to mini
mum. We manufacture 5000 watches
day now. With a working day OF ten
hours. that means five watches every min
ute. We employ about 600 workmen, but
of course many Of them are unskuled la
borers. We are our own manufacturers,
our own agents, our own jobbers. and to
large extent, our own retailers. There's
big saving in cutting down four profits
to only one. We make a profit. I assure
+, you. We are not in the business for our
health. We deal in various other things,
| by the way but the dollar watch is the
backbone of our business
| ''Is the movement the same in principle
as that in a more expensive watch?"
| Very nearly. The dollar watch is real
| ly an evolution of the small clock For
several years We experimental in making
a clock which could be carried in the
pocket. We made over 100000 of these
! clocks, all the time working over the prob
| lem OF how to make il smaller and cheaper.
| We make four different watches, ranging
I in price from 81 to 81. The movement is
practically the same in each one. The
| dollar watch has a brass case, gilt. or
nickel plated. With the exception of the
/ other watches we make, it has the smallest
L
ing plates it is only three-eighths of an
| inch in thickness
| OF course. the watch itself is thicker
than this. good deal of the additional
| thickness is due to the fact that ii is
| wound and set as small clock is. except
: that the back of the case closes over the
: screws for this purpose. The sereg5 Tor
winding has one of the wings which 70
down when not in use. Beside it is the
( pivot for setting. There is a cap over the
works in order to exclude dust, the case
not being double one. There is not the
fine adjustment which is in expensive
watches. and there is no jeweling or en-
craving. The ornaments are absent. but
the necessities are there Only four turns
of the winding screw will run the move
ment from thirty TO thirty-siN hours. There
l'is the full complement of hands-hour.
minute and second. The watch complete
weighs three ounces. The $1.25 watch is
a STEM -winder, but is set by the screw
at the back The Sl.50 watch is both
stem winding and stem-setting. The s2
watch is silver plated and has an engrav-
! cd case and back plate.
One point about the construction of these
watches is that many OF the different parts
of the works which in an ordinary watch
are made of steel, are here made of brass.
The makers of the watch say that they do
not emphasize this point in describing the
watch simply because there is q popular
notion that brass is cheap and undesirable.
They say that it is by 40 means cheap.
especially lately. They also say that their
watch will stand rather rough treatment
better than one with delicate steel works.
Although brass is liable to corrosion. steel
is prey to rust, and. so say the dollar
watehmakers. the rust is worse for the
| watch. They say. too. that the dollar
watch is Especially valuable where insen-
sibility TO magnetic influences is desira-
BILE.
We know of several of our watches
which went through the Santiago cam
paign," said the manufacturer. ''and gave
good satisfaction They are sold all over
and to all classes of men, The bankers
and brokers buy them as well as the poor
man. Men often go hunting or fishing or
some place where they don't want to take
! an expensive watch, and when they can
I get good one for dollar they buy il and
/ leave their fine one where il will be safe.
/ | calculate that there are 2,001.000 dollar
watches carried now and that there viii
/ be another million before 1890 rolls
around