Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-08
BANNATYNE WATCH
Bids Falr to Be One ot Water.
 bury's Popular Industries.

! lutTOuuCtlOu or another popular priced watch within the borders of the brass city, says the Manufac- turers Journal. and dealers and ex- perts who |. ve been interviewed concerning its merits say it is des- tined to make Waterbury as famous as some of Its predecessors.
 The Bannatyne Watch company, which has been making prepara- tions for the past two years for the l manufacture of the watch, Is now placing the article on the market, and number of dealers are offer ! Ing them for sale. The advent of the watch has awakened consider able interest among horologists in this city and elsewhere, because its inventor and founder. Archibald Bannatyne, was formerly con- nected with the largest manufac- turer of low-priced watches In the United States. He is looked upon as the originator of the so-called dollar watch. and the new Banna- tyne watch, as it is called, has been invented and produced under his personal supervision. Some idea as to the service he has rendered the city and the world at large in the line of mechanical invention can be gleaned from the records of the United States patent office, where large number of patents have been accredited to his name
 One of the most notable features about the watch is the fact that the setting mechanism is convertible into either ''pull-out" or "push-in set without any alteration or change in the mechanism of the movement. something never before accom- plished in the history of watchmak- ing. This feature allows the pur- chaser to choose his favorite meth cd of set, and is considered a master stroke in the economy of manufac- ture, as it eliminates the necessity of having two instead of one model.
 Another feature which watchma- kers and the trade are pleased with is the patented method of fastening the movement into the case, it being secured by an ingenious lock ar rangement. Instructions are given to the trade, but others cannot com init the indiscretion of uncasing it to see what the insides look like" It also removes the possibility of losing the tiny screws with which watches are usually fastened into the case.
 The entire winding and setting mechanism of the watch can be re- moved without taking the move ment out of the case, and it is the thinnest and lightest popular-priced watch on the market. The crown is so arranged that it is impossible to push it in to connect with the intermediate setting wheels, which prevents the possibility of it's get ting accidentally connected by pres sure while being carried, thereby stopping or interfering with the revolution of the pointers. e
 Other features incorporated into the watch are: Patent lever, dou- ~ble-reller escapement; solid cut and polished steel pinions; hardened bal ance staff with conic points fitted into hardened and polished steel bearings and patent recoil ratchet, which prevents the handspring from setting after the watch has been wound. This last feature is some- thing never before produced in popular-priced watch. With the ex- ception of the click of the back wind, which is unnecessary, the winding is inaudible.
 Although nothing definite could be learned at the office of the com pany, 1t has been learned from re- liable authority that the company has received enough orders to war rant the running of its plant on Canal street to its full capacity for some time and that the officers are at the present time contemplating the erection of a plant with in. creased facilities, as soon as a site can be secured.
 The officers include some of the most influential men in the Nauga- tuck valley, and are as follows: President, Franklin Farrel, Jr. of Ansonia; treasurer, George c. Bry- ant of Ansonia; secretary and man. ager, Archibald Bannatyne of Wa terbury. The board of directors in- cludes the officers of the company and the elder Franklin Farrel of Ansonia.