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 STEWART, DAWSON, & CO.'S, Liverpool, CHAMPION ENGLISH LEVER, WATCHES, LARGEST SALE in the COLONIES ! Larger than the combined sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the Colonies put together. Facts prov< d bv>the import returns.- ' STEWART DAWSQN & CO.'S SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. Plain Facts. About seven years ago Stewart Daw* soa and ' Co., Liverpool; originated and introduied a new system of business in 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* 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 directwith 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 GENT SAVED TO EACHPURCHASER.^ Stewart Da wsoir and Co*s "Liverpool, World-wide Celebrated English Lever Watches stand unrivalled in the world I First as Timekeepers ; first in quality and workmanship. ■ Matchless in design and finish. Proved, by wearers in all parts of the Glob* 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 j durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All have closefitting, full-capped movements to prevent dust entering the works, Patent solid pillar plates, frames* wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding,' <fec. 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 handstand sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highest degree ; maintaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dust-tight— very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete, a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can pro*: duce, 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 we 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. ALIO 10s English Keyless t Hunting Silver Lexer for L5 15- Stewart Dawson and Go's Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting handsby simply turning a nicely-proportioned . knob at the stem of the watch entirely dispensing with trouble; of 'carrying. a loose key, and a certain preventative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs— a watch-: that is also . perfectly air-tight*, dust- tight and damp-tight. • keeping ; thi» works' ; per- i fectly clean- may be worn; for years without cleaning; the convenience derived by all .who wear ; them .is . pronounced incalculable. In quality we positively assert tkat there is not a keyless wateh sold under 12 guineas . to equal these. They, are made in two sizes small and •medium. Price L5, 16s; Positively, cheap; at 10 guineas! Also, same watch in open face, L4 15 5., ...... t .. , ... A LI 2 12s English Silver Hunting Chronograph For L6 16s. Stewart Dawson & Cbl'n' Magnificent English Chronograph Watches. Each watch amodel of perfection'; finest f • plate mev«menty i: full jewelled in rubies, > reak chronometer ■ opinpensated. ■ balance,! decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop;: each timed to, dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in eiiher extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest, gentleman ia the land, or the highest i£ the State, need not desire a ~ watch' that possesses in a greater degrees all' the attribvtes of a perfect timekeeper.-..! Notwithstanding; -the .matchless perfection of this watch, w* . positively, , selij it at a less :price,, thai* retailers , jcharge for .ordinary' inferior- made watches. Price, L6 15s. Full, R^wl Value' for 12 Guineas. 'Also, same 'watch 'in open face,! price L5 15s. ' ; '- AL7 10s Ladies' English Hunting Lever, | forjJlSs^ >: "- Price— ln Open-face, L3 ss; in Hunting !L3 15s. Half Colonial Prices] c J i A L4 HuptingiDeflancei Silver Watch ; sj-irsi. iorJAjfa v-vwi..,..,.-.'! " Also in Open-face Oystal Front, ! ...... Id. TiJßd... English jGjqldi Ltevjebs J > /,, • a j ; :[ I English. G^o^J^Ev^Ba ll t <iyi 1 EwoiisH ' Gold Leybbs ! ! ! Fibst. — We supply each w;atch/pn a week's free approval anittrial, and return ; n, fiECowD.^Each watchr is; -Sited wi&al kej.caref unpacked and delivereA-atfthe ■ purchaser's address at our-sole risk, with three years staj^p^. grantee ,,«£ our respbnsibility. — „ for Orderingl 'Watches by 1 iU j Parties Living at.aDistance. ' jn I ! l?an.tfi<ri£ tin oti-.ri ami T-jiiis i-itl Y. I vr>ilWElM>mG>W£*R:'l mac. i imlj i'.u n/.'t>iij i-iif.l in :i;<;;:( ( ;jf i pijt this square, out arid forward/ „ i %>*s■&&; : Or 4«i paJAbleltp > ■ :S,, i D;, l A,Co,.at the.^.P.X)./ f Auckland, 'with' 2s 6d added to ' pay post registration, and we ° i guarantee to forward Watch by; J '■':" first 'post-— (Signed) : St«wart, : ' ■■■ [ Daw*pn«kCb. :'■.■• :<• ! - ; -.-> -n^ : <-. ; Note :— All letters to be 'addressed STEWART, DAWSON & CO • ; 195, Qubkn Si., Auoklawd; ••■ ■; . Other Colonial Branches V ; i& PbIMOk's' tJXBEBT,.D]ffIJBraK. , I Sta)iKBY:V, <; % Collins Stbebt -West, MELBotrkiTE; Manufactory— Liverpool, England.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 22, 1 August 1885, Page 4
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