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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1274, 7 June 1884, Page 4

Business Notice. jg NGL ISH WATCHES! ENGLISH WATCHES 11 SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT ANNO UNCEMENT. STEWART DAWSON AND CO.’S LIVERPOOL WORLD-RENOWNED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES. STEWART DAWSON AND CO.,' of Liverpool, have much pleasure in announcing to their many Customers and the public in general that they have opene I a Branch Establishment in Auckland, at 195, Queen street, for the sale of their unrivalled English Lever Watches, which will enable all to secure a watch of the highest quality at less than half the prices charged throughout New Zealand. The extraordinary merits of Stewart Daw son and Co.’s Liverpool English Levers are too well known throughout the whole of New Zealand, as well as from East to West of the Old Country, that comment here is unnecessary. Suffice it to say that their perfection in excellence in value has given S. D. and Co. a patronage never equal ed in the history of watch-making, ORDER EARLY. ORDER EARLY. Please note. —The following p:ices include duty paid by us. Every watch, quality considered, cannot be bought retail under Double the Prices. ! A £7 10s GENT’S ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVER For £3 15s. The most perfect English Hunting Levers in the world. Every watch manufactured entirely in our own workshops, These watches are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, etc., as th y will stand the hardest wear; send for one of these watches and compare it with what retail dealers call their fine t I ugli'-h I lnnterg-ajLfrom L/7_tpuJj-S —- "will at once declare ours tone the better watch. A ,£lO los ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNTING SILVER LEVER FOR £5 15s. Stewart Dawson and Co.’s Superb Keyless Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, a_ watch that is also perfectly airtight, dust-tight, and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean. Unequdled at len Guineas, our direct cash price to customers being less than the actual wholesale price to the trade. Price, £$ IS®. Worth £ia 10s. Also same watch in open face, price £5 I S S - A £l2 125 ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH for £6 15s. Each watch a model of perfection ; finest -plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, real chronometer expansion balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead beat in positi ns, to go exactly the same in extreme heat or cold. Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made watches. PRICE, £6 15s , FULL RETAIL VALUE FOR TWELVE GUINEAS.

Also,-same watch in open face, price .£5 15s' A£7 los LADIES’ ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER for £3 15s. Every watch a work of art, elegant in shape, chaste in design, of sterling tnglish workmanship, watches that with fair usage will last a lifetime. We ask you to observe that we supply our magnificent English Levers at a far less price, than often charged for cemmon foreign wat- hes. Price, in Hunting Cases, £3 iSs; in open face, L 3 ss; practically saving to each purchaser from £3 to £4. A £4 HUiNTING DEFIANCE WATCH For £1 15s. None should hesitate to send for one o these’watches, truly named “DEFIANCE,” if only to see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade of Europe. Also open-face crystal front, £i 7s 6d; all sterling silver cases. S. D. & CO.’S LADIES’ and CENTS’ Magnificent English GOLD LEVERS are truly marvellous value. We sell our Ladies’ Gold Open-face! Levers at L 7 15s, better watches than sold retail anywhere Hunters’ ditto, at .£lO 15s, positive value for £ls 15s; Open-face Keyless, at £lO 15s; and Hunters at Ll2 15s, nowhe e equalled under L2O. Lhese are facts b- youd dispute. Gents’ Open-face, £lO 15s; Hunting, £l4 15s; Keyless Open-face, £l4 15s; Hunters, £l6 15s—each watch saving to the purchaser from £5 to £lO. j Stewart Dawson and Co.’s English Gold I Three-quarter Plate Chronographs should be seen by every gentlemen who contemplates buying a Gold Watch. The finest, handsomest, best, most modern and greatest value in the world. ADVANTAGES TO CTSTOMERS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. First —Our gigantic resources of manufacturing, through our complete and efficient factory organisation, and our universal cash sales, enable us to supply each watch at less than half the usual retail priae. Second - Each customer is supplied with his-watch on a week’s free approval and trial. The full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third—Every purchaser secures the most perfect English Lever ever made, manufactured entirely in our own workshops, in, Liverpool, Engl add, unequalled tor beauty, for strength, for durability, or as a time-keeper. The perfection of improved mechanism throughout, in solidity of construction, and las ing qualities, each customer receiving an English Leve that will wear out three foreign or American-made Watches one after- another. _ Ann TESTIMONIALS have been jOjUUU received dusing the last few years from wearers in all parts of the world, proving our Watches to be without equal. The following is a specimen Testimonial just received:—“To Stewait Dawson and Co., Auckland.—Thames, 18th April, 1884. Dear Sir, —Seeing tint you are in Auckland, I write to say that nearly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for one of your English Silver Levers as advertised for £3 15s. 1 duly received the watch, and my son (William Tborburnj has carried it every day since then at his work, riding, etc., and it has never cost him one penny for repairs. '1 he wat cl. i a splendid timekeeper, and would cost in Auckland at least ten guineas. My son could have sold the watch a score of times, for double the price that it cost him, but would not part with it on any account. I may also say that I know several here who have sent for your watches, and they have given the greatast satisfaction. T_- r £ l ill to pumtsu -i.l, 1. jruu wish, as I am well known here. —I remain, yours truly, Wm. Lang Thorbukn, Engineer, Tararu, Thames.”

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. Ashburton Guardian. Cut this Square out, and forward it with P.O. Order, payable to S. D. and Co., Auckland, or cash in registered letter; add 2s 6d to the price of each watch, to pay post and registration, when we wi 1 forward watch selected and written guarantee by first return of post.—(Signed) Stewart Dawson and Co. Note—All Letters and Orders to be addressed STEWART DAWSON & GO. 195, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. Don’t fail to write for Illustrated Watch Pamphlet—most interesting to all; 60 pages of -vonderful testimonials, British and col nial, li’'astralions of Gold and Silver Albercs at wholesale English prices. With this will also be sent a new thirty-two page brochure, entitled “The English Lever, its Invention and Development,” with an essay on S. D. and Co.’s system of business, which should be read by every intending watch-buyer. The two pamphlets gratis for the postage, 46. in stamps 6 io’ r 4