Business Notices GOOD NEWS FOR ALL ! IMPORTANT FACTS. TIME AND TIMEKEEPERS. THE ENGLISH LEVEE. The Best of All Timekeepers. Victory, victory, triumphant victory, declared throughout the world in favor of STEWAET, DAWSON, & CO.'S, Liverpool, CHAMPION ENGLrSH LEVER, WATC ES, LARGEST SALE in thk COLONIES ! Larger than the combined sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the Colonies put together. Facts provi d by the import returns. STEWAET DAWSON & CO.'S SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. Plain Facts. About seven years ago Stewart Dawson and Co., Liverpool, originated and introduied a new system of business m the English Watch Trade viz : Instead of continuing to sell their watches to retail dealers on credit with long payment, they resolved to go direct to the public themselves and sell their manufacture for cash — a system which has received a world-wide patronage never before equal--1 led it the history of watch making. S. D. & Co. have now fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the Colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits — the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colonial Wholesale Dealers Profit and the Colonial Retail Dealers Profit — in all OVER ONE HUNDRED PER CENT SAVED TO EACH PURCHASER. Stewart Dawson and Co's Liverpool, World-wide Celebrated English Lever Watches stand unrivalled in the world ! First as Timekeepers ; first in quality and workmanship. M atchless in design and finish. Proved by wearers in all parts of the Globe to be without equal. A L7 10s Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever for L3 15s. The Liverpool Champion English Lever. — This watch is the finest quality fullplate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our own workshops, they are unequalled for beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers ; will suit every occupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All have closefitdng, full-capped movements to prevent dust entering the works, Patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &c. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat ; the dials of finest white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughcut finished to the highest degree ; maintaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dust-tight — very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Kach watch complete, a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wear out three American or foreign- made watches one after another. This magnificent and matchless English Hunting Lever tve supply to customers for L3 15s, and in quality and time keeping defy the world to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only L4 l6s. You cannot buy one as good as this under Ll2. A LlO 10s English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever for L5 15. Stewart Dawson and Co's Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-proportioned knob at the stem of the watch entirely dispensing with trouble of carrying a loose key, and a certain preveiitative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs — a watch thut is also perfectly air-tight, dust- light and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean- may be worn for years without cleaning; the convenience derived by all who wear them is pronounced incalculable. In quality we positively assert that there is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They arc made in two sizes small and medium. Price L5 15s. Positively cheap at 10 guineas. Also, same watch in open face, L4 15s. A LI 2 12s English Silver Hunting Chronograph For L6 15s. Stewait Dawson & Co.'s Magnificent English ! Chronograph Watches. Each watch a ' model of perfection; finest f plate movement, full jewelled in rabies, real chronometer compensated , balance,: decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest official ia the State, need not desire % watch, that possesses in a greater degreee all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior- made watches. Price, L6 15s. Full Retail Value for 12 Guineas. Also, same watch in open face, price L5 15s. AL7 10s Ladies' English Hunting Lever, forL3 los. Price — In Open- face, L3 ss ; in Hunting L3 15s. ' Half Colonial Prices. A LA Hunting Defiance Silver Watch ' for LI 15s. ..,.-■ Also in Open- lace Cystal Front, Ll7s6d. English Gold Lkvehs ! English Gold Levees!.' ■• . ' / English Gold Levees .' ! 1 CONDITIONS OF SALE:' T Fibst. — We supply each watch on a week's free approval and trial, and return i Second. — Each watck is fitted with a kej, carefully packed and delivered at the purchaser's address at! our sole risk, with, three years stamped' guarantee of our .responsibility.; j , • Instruction for Ordering' ' Ttfatckes Jby Parties Living at a Distance. * ■* h • : v -"FEILDINi&'StAR." ' '* | .::', :t ,f- :; - ~^; ::.;... V ;' : ; Cut this square out and forward it with P.O. Order payable to ! S. D &■ Co. at the G-IP.O^ *: - Auckland, with 2s 6d added-to pay post registration, and we - i guarantee to.forward Watch by first post. —(Signed) Stewart, .!j rDaHfsori^'Co.iiV.' a '! '' H ~* * Note :— AH leltei^ to 'be add ressed STEWART, DAWSON & CO, t ■= : a-i !195r tJuBE*- St., -Auckland. ■ ; Other Colonial Brunches : 84, Peinck's Stbeet, Dunedin. 27, Royal Abcade, Sydney. 3, Collins Sxbeet West, Melboubnb. Manufactory-— Liverpool, England.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 106, 21 February 1885, Page 4
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