Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-07

by practical watch expert, who examined it
carefully.
The watch which was purchased by a repre-
sentative of THE CIRCULAR-WEEKLY at
the Office of the Union Watch Co., and repre-
sented by the salesman to be the watch sent
in response TO the advertisement, was move
ment No. l72,654 and case No. S4s695. The
analysis of the movement showed the follow
ing:
REPORT ON WATCH
Watch No. l72654. marked ''Union Watch
Co., is composed of two brass plates nickel
plated The third, fourth and escape wheel
are jeweled on top plate only. The jewels are
of poor quality. The balance has two whole
jewels and one cap Jewel. The lower cap jew
al is steel. The rolled jewel g brass. The pal
lets are of steel and not jeweled. The balance
is non.magnetic, and struck up in dye. The
pinons are all unfinished the proportions of
pinons and wheels are pretty nearly right
The balance is out of proportion. The hair
spring is non-magnetic and of a white compo-
sition.
The. case, which is stamped "Union Watch
Co., warranted 90 years." was submitted to
well-known assayer of New York, who re
ported that the gold plating on the ease was
so thin that all gold Immediately disappeared
upon being dipped in the cyanide bath.
Two of the cases in which the movements of
the Union Watch Co. were enclosed have been
analysed by the United States Assay Office,
one at the Office in New York and the other in
Philadelphia The case analysed in the New
York Assay Office was hunting ease of which
the front cover had previously been taken of
and dipped in cyanide, with the result that the
gold had practically disappeared. The re
mainder Of the ease was assayed by II. G.
Torey, superintendent of the Office, who re-
ported that the outside back cap was very
thin rolled plate, the gold being $1,000 of the
total and the inside cap was "dipped" or
electroplate, the gold being 2-l0 of 1-l000 of
the total.
The other case which was assayed at the
Mint Assay Office in Philadelphia contained
seven grains of gold, or about 80 cents worth.
The Union Watch Co. occupies room Mt
40 Maiden Lane, on the 1lth floor, where it
employs a number of people and is evidently
doing n large mail-order business. The bus
mess was incorporated june &c. 1908, under
the laws of the State of New York, with
capital of $4,000, of which one half has been
paid in, according to the statement given out
by A. fairfield, the secretary and treasurer.
Dominick Melillo is president, clio Galassi,
iccpresident, and Alexander fairfield, secre.
tary and treasurer Dominick Melilo former
ly conducted a jewelry business at 72 Wash
ington ST.. Boston, while his brother John was
previously employed by his father, Emanuel
Melillo, in a similar line in Boston. In 1894
they formed partnership under the style of
the Union Watch Co. In June, 1908, the in
corporation was put through when John Melil
10 withdrew Alexander fairfield, the secre-
tary, was for eight years connected with the
Amsterdam Silk Mills, Amsterdam, N Y.
Mr.. fairfield, ono of the heads of the COM
pany, said to the editor of THE CIRCULAR
WEEKLY last week that he felt that the
editorial which appeared did the company an
injustice, and when asked to point out in what