New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
AMERICAN WATCH MAKING.
Our Supremacy in This Field of Endeava
Maintained

In The Tribune's review of this countrys business
for 1904, in comment on the matchmaking Il
dustry it was remarked: THE machine nation
as the American people are termed. never put it
peculiar and characteristic genius to in
portant an apparently, more impossible, tass
than that which has, in it's triumphant accomplish
ment, proved to be one of its most remarkably
achievements, the construction by machinery Of
the extremely delicate, apd, seemingly, all to-
fragile watch movement" 1t really seemed thz
that the limits of machine possibilities IN this fell
had been reached, but the world famed America
Waltham Watch Company, which has long sine
established it's claim to leadership in the mann
facture of watch movements, both as to the vOlums
and the excellence of its products, seems to haV
adopted excelsior" FOR its motto and to be bent
on accomplishing the impossible.
When one remembers that in all the history Of
matchmaking the construction by hand Of an
ceedinSly minute timepiece has been considered
startling achievement and one which set the WOE
man apart from-and far in the van Of-aH his fs
produced a watch the size of a five-cent piece WI
convey some faint idea of the skill it has attaine.
III the application of machinery 10 this delicate a-
exquiSitely exact art
While the utility of such miniature productions
may be questioned. there be doubt that
showing that the genius that design. TIE ma,
workmanship such neurological wonders can b
relied to turn out the larger and more services
bic movement in a way to make OF il q fl exponent
of the state Of the art they serve good pI-
pose
by the sure and rapid growth of the Waltham
public favor the world over Twenty-Seven hundss
watch movements a day, the yield OF one coz
Germ seemed year ago almost fabulous nun
Der; but the demand from all parts Of the civIlze
world has raised the figures TO three thousand Az
that one concern, the huge works Of which cave
half mile Of FIVE story frontage and house thEti.
SIN hundred hands, started in Walthaul Mass. ON
a half century ago with a little factory empOyns
fifty workmen! The present massive structure
brick masonry measures its floor space 0y aclS
and its power shafting and betting by tens Of Mic
none too much, though, to accommodate and NOV
what has been aptly described the 'machiIs
marvelS of the cOmpany'S own design that hass
turned out its even more marvellous pTodueI
And instead of selling. in the early day 70
limited territory in its own country II cha
lengeS even the Matchmaking countries Of Europe
Switzerland and England-on their own soil
Simplicity and economy of construction have Ee.
The company, the first in the world 20 MAKE
watch by machinery, has produced a moyens.
that by its precise and uniform operations "a
proved itself superior to the work OF any hum
hands, and at less cost, in which all parts =
discarded that are not necessary to timekeeYIS
and in which most of those retained are mtS
changeable-an excellent feature, for i ena9se
the dealer TO carry materials in stock for lhllss
diate supply and 10 obtain duplicates by mets5
quoting the movement number. Its a Suojet'
graduation that Americans judging DS
WalthamS greatly increased sale, seem 70 %
discovered that as they buy this produet
native genius for much less than their fathers -
for an inferior foreign article. il l. the pAIt
wisdom rs well patriotism 10 spend u
money at hOma