Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
The New England
 Watch Company.

The saying that wherever the foot of white men trod, the Waterbury watch followed in rapid succession Is a tribute not only to the spirit which is commonly called American push '' hut to the city from which the famous time piece took It's name
 Any commodity which has among its citizens men of energy and business sa gacity strong enough tO make pro duct of its factory of such worldwide reputation and selling qualities has the element of sound and substantial success.
 Such are the men who founded the Waterbury Watch Co in 1880, out of which the New England Watch Co was formed in 1898 The original plant was small, but the rapid growth of the business demanded larger quar- ters, until now the establishment is one of the largest in New England The long, high buildings are of brick,
  overgrown with c1nging vines and sur rounded by green lawns give 1t the appearance of a public building rather than that of a manufactory wherein both men and women gain q livelf- hood.
 Every part of a watch, case, dial and movement is made here, and watches of every size, grade and price for both ladies and gentlemen's use are turned out by the thousands.
 Year by year improvements are made in construction and finish until the output of the New England Watch Go is second to none for. the price IE fact, in this respect it has no equal Every effort has been made to reduce the cost of watch making without im- pairing the qualities of accuracy, until now a good, reliable timeDiece can be produced for a remarkably low price, governed largely by the case whether of fine gun metal. nickle, silver or gold, solid or plated, from S1 to $50 each.
 Completeness of plant is the great desire of manufacturers nowadays, and in this respect the New England Watch Go excels and is the lar~est complete watch making establishment VI the world.
 About one thousand hands are em- ployed here both men and women. who operate the numberless machines which turn out the enormous annual product of upwards of one million watches. The trade of this company reaches the utmost parts of the world. In the United States their product is sold through the regular channels of trade and there is a large force of travelling men covering the country all the time Large and we'll stocked branch houses are maintained in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London and serve as the distributing centers for their respective territories Recently a branch house has been opened in Manila which does large and profitable business. The export business as stated is very large and all the tribes and nations of the world use the watches made here. Most of this foreign business is in Europe, Africa and Australasia. The Chinese and orient from Hong Kong, and the South American and Indian business rom here.
 One unusual facility of this plant is their patent Duplex Escapement' which is made by machinery and from the first to the ten thousandth can be relied unon to be always exactly the same. The days of hand work i'll watch making are over and the master machine, seemingly possessed of the master mind is the progress maker the revolutionizer of modern times. In fact the evolution in machinery is +he marked characteristic of this per fod of the worlds progress.
 In watch making the automatic ma chine is the marvellous silent worker which makes the minute screws ana