Henry Asher Robbins (1829 – January 21, 1914) was an American manufacturer who was prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age.
[2][3] Together with his brother Royal E. Robbins, he founded the Waltham Watch Company, which merged with Robbins, Appleton & Co., a watch importing company based out of Boston that owned the Waltham, Massachusetts based American Watch Company.
[8] Together, they were the parents of two children, a son and a daughter:[9] The Robbins built "Asher House" in Southampton, New York designed by Grosvenor Atterbury.
[1] Robbins died of pneumonia[15] at his apartment in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on January 21, 1914.
[16] His widow died at her residence, 540 Park Avenue in New York, in July 1933.