EVERYBODY’S WATCH AND CHAIN, 
POST-PAID, FOR $3.50; OR 
4 NEW SUBSCRIBERS. 
“ WATERBURY ’’—FRONT VIEW. 
The Water bury Watch.— Price $ 3 . 50 . 
| | „—The Waterbary Watch, as now made and put 
upon the market, is a marvel of simplicity and accuracy, 
and contains more ingenuity than any one thing that has 
been patented in t liis or any other country for a number 
of years. Within t he last twelve months, many valuable 
improvements have been made, both in the manner of 
putting up, as well as in the quality of material used. 
How Tested and Regulated. 
No watch is sent from the factory which has not been 
run six days in varying positions, and carefully regulated. 
The testdnring the six days is a very severe one; all must 
come up to the standard, or be sent back to the work¬ 
room. Hitherto a low-priced watch has been the very 
poorest of investments, being of no value as a time¬ 
keeper, and a constant annoyance and source of expense 
to the owner. The Waterbary Watch is composed of 
less than one-third the usual number of parts in a watch, 
which are so arranged as to be easily cleaned and re¬ 
paired. It runs 2 1 hours with one winding, and will 
wear for years. 
Mechanism of the Watch. 
On winding up the Waterbury, the plate turns around, 
thus coiling up the spring. There is no possible danger 
of ever winding or breaking the spring in that way, for 
when the spring is wound up, a strong stop motion or 
ratchet, catches in the case itself and holds everything 
firm. You may twist off the stem, but you cannot break 
the spring. Moreover, the spring is very thin and there¬ 
fore less liable to break under rough usage. Ttie inte¬ 
rior machinery of the watch consists of three wheels and 
a hair spring and balance wheel. This is the whole 
story—A spring, a revolving wheel work, balance wheel 
work, and a train of three wheels. Taking every part, 
screws, pinions, wheels, case, spring and fittings, there 
arc only fifty-eight parts in all, as against usually 150 to 
200 pieces. There is another point in connection with 
the Waterbury. If all the wheels revolved around the 
centre of the case every hour, it is evident that the bear¬ 
ing of all the wheels, those parts that wear the most, will 
be continually shifting their position. The pressure or 
weight upon the bearings will be continually changed— 
if there is any wear it will be distributed equally. The 
wear is distributed on all the working parts alike, a me¬ 
chanical description of which will be found in a book 
accompanying each watch. 
A watch made by hand would cost as much as a cottage 
by the sea shore or a small yacht, and would take about 
as long to build. So perfect is the machinery used in the 
manufacture of this watch, and so exact are all the parts, 
that they go together at once the first time and revolve, 
without fitting, or with so little that it does not materially 
add to the cost This is the secret of the cheapness of 
the Waterbury Watch. 
So well known have these watches become, thousands 
are buying them in preference to higher-priced watches 
—over 100,000 have been made and sold the past 12 
“ WATERBURY —BACK VIEW. 
months. The Company are now making six hundred 
watches every day, or one a minute. You would imagine 
the whole country supplied by this time. By no means. 
This is the farmer’s watch, the miner’s watch, the labor¬ 
er’s watch, the boy’s watch, the school-girl’s watch—in 
fact, Everybody’s Watch. 
High Testimonials. 
PouoiiKEErsiE, N. Y., 'May 1, 1S82. 
Waterbury Watch Co.: 
Allow me to take this opportunity of expressing my 
admiration for the excellence of this simple and inex¬ 
pensive watch. It, keeps better time than a silver watch 
in our house which cost, at a reliable dealers’, seven 
times as much. Each of my boys carries oue of these 
watches, and with great satisfaction. 
Yours very truly, William B. Dwight, 
Professor of Natural History, Vassal' College. 
Office of the Stamford “Herald," 
Stamford, Conn., Aug. 11, 1882. 
Gentlemen —We have in our house two Waterbury 
Watches. I have timed them for two weeks with a fine 
Waltham, and they are about equal to it. They are 
certainly a marvel. Respectfully, Geo. Baker, 
Editor Stamford Herald. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1881. 
Waterbury Watch Company : 
Gentlemen— One of your watches was presented to 
me at the beginning of the past season by one of the 
officers of this road. I was responsible for the time used 
on the road. I started all trains by your watch. Mr. 
Gunther, our President, stated that he never had the 
trains run as regularly as they were the past season, I 
showed him the watch I run them by, which was a Water¬ 
bury watch that did it. I stopped every morning during 
the season, and compared the watch with chronometer 
at the Long Island Depot, and found my watch did not 
vary half a minute the entire season. 
This statement is truthfully correct. 
(Signed) Wm. S. Blydenburgh, 
Depot Master Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island R. R. 
Port Jefferson, L. I., July 8, 1881. 
To the Waterbury Watch Co.: 
Gents— Of the watches bought of you 20th June, anx¬ 
ious to know what they would do in the way of time¬ 
keepers, I hung up two alongside my chronometer, on 
board my vessel, Sclir. “James Slater,” on voyage from 
New York to Para, South America, and found after run¬ 
ning two days they did not vary 'X of a minute. I recom¬ 
mend them with pleasure. James L. Tooker, 
Master Sehr. “James Slater.” 
We will send one of these Watches and a Nickel-Plated 
Chain, with Charm attached, free and post-paid to any one 
who will send us 4 subscriptions at $1.50 each ; OR we 
will supply it for the price, post-paid. 
No. 12, is a Hood Watch, a Stem-Winder , and 
Stem-Setter (neeaing no key, or opening, to set it;.—The 
admission of dust, in opening, is the chief cause of 
depreciation in any good watch. This watch 
has a clear open dial, covered with a strong, 
thick, flat crystal, having the new bevelled 
edges. Weight, 4% ounces. Size, that o. 
the engraving. The case is strong, good- 
looking, heavily plated with Nickel on Ger¬ 
man Silver, and only distinguished from 
silver by good judges, and Nickel does not 
tarnish by sweat or gasses like silver.—The 
extra cost of a silver case is, in this watch, 
put into the running works, the important 
part. One of the best time-keepers, for its price, 
that we have yet found.—It, is made especially 
for us, and with extra care. We supply this 
for $10, send it prepaid by express or mail 
to any P. O. in United States or Territories; 
OR, we will Present it, carriage prepaid, 
for 13 subscriptions at $1.50 each. 
No. 13. — Extra Silver-Case 
Watch. —Price $15.—This excellent watch 
is specially made for ns by a most reliable 
Company in Switzerland. It lias a Coin 
Silver Case, and the WORKS are of Extra 
HIGH GRADE, with 13 Jewels, Com¬ 
pensated Balance, etc. It has been proved 
by several in our own office, and by many 
of our readers, to be just as good a Watch 
as any $30 or $40 Watch we have ever tried 
or seen. It is a good enough Silver Watch 
for anybody. We Present this valuable 
and desirable Watch for 20 subscriptions 
at $1.50 each, and send it carriage-paid to 
any part of the United States or Territories. 
OR for the price, $15. 
Premium 12 
No. I 4.—Extra Silver Watch, in Hunt¬ 
ing Case.—Price $10.—This is precisely the same Watch 
every way as the preceding (No. 13), EXCEPT that it is 
in a strong “ Hunting Case,” as shown in the engraving. 
Tiiis we Present, carriage prepaid, for 22 subscribers 
at $1.50 eacli; OR, supply it as above, for $16. 
Every man, woman and child in the land can now possess a watch. 
1832.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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