THE LONDON WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.
[Extract from the Leading Article.] London, March 5, 1893. " . . While on the subject of "Waltham Watches we may mention that we have seen a letter from the commander of the Gordon Castle (Castle line or Steampackets), who was fortunate enough to save life at sea, and who for his gallant conduct was presented in September last with a Gold Keyless Waltham Watch by the President of the United States, on behalf o£ the London Local Marine Board. Referring to this presentation ■watch, he sayß :—' When 1 left London the ■watch was six seconds fast, aud on my arrival at Singapore it was only three seconds slow, a most extraordinary performance for a watch, as I carried it on my person the ■whole of the time. 1 compared it every day ■with mychronometers on the passage out.and it seldon or never differed one second from them; in fact, I found it almost if not as good as my chronometers, which is a great thing to say for a watch carried about and subject to all kinds of jolts.'"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 6
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182THE LONDON WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 6
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