GOOD NEWS FOR ALL ! IMPORTANT FACTS. TIME AND TIMEKEEPERS. THE ENGLISH LEVER. The Best of All Timekeepers. Victory, victory, triumphant victory, declared throughout the world in favor of STEWART, DAWSON, & CO.'S, LrVEHPOOL, CHAMPION ENGLISH LEVER, WATC ! •ES LARGEST SALE in the COLONIES ! Larger than the combined sale of ull Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the Colonies put together. Facts prov< d by the import returns. STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. Plain Facts. About seven years ago Stewart Dawson and Co., Liverpool, originated and introdu led a new system of business in the English Watch Trade viz :— lnstead 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 equalled iE 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 PURCHAS I£R. 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. Al atchless in design and finish. Proved by wearers in all parts of the Globe to be without equal. A L 7 10s Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever for L 3 15s. j The Liverpool ChampionEnglishLever. — This watch is the finest quality fullplate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our own workshops, chev 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. AU have close- | fitting, full-capped movements to prevent dust entering the works, Patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, Ac. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performances 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 throughout 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 tlie 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 L 3 15s, and in quality and time keeping defy the world lo 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 lss. You cannot buy one as good as this under Ll2. A LlO 10s English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever for L 5 15. Stewart Dawson and Co's Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hunds 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 preventative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs -a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust- light and damp-light, 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 are made in two sizes small and medium. Price L 5 15s. Positively cheap at 10 guineas. Also, same watch in open face, L 4 15s. A Ll2 12s English Silver Hunting Chronograph For L 6 15s. Stewart Dawson A Co.'s Magnificent English , Chronograph Watches. Each watch a model of perfection; finest | plate move- j ment, full jewelled in rubies, 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 in the State, need not desire a watch that possesses in a greater degreee all the attribvtes 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, L 6 15s. Full Retail Value for 12 Guineas. Also, same watch in open face, price L 5 15s. A L 7 108 Ladies' English Hunting Lever, for L 3 15s. Price — In Open-face, L 3 ss ; in Hunting L 3 15s. Half Colonial Prices. i A L 4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for Ll 15s Also in Open- tace Cysfcal Front, 1 Ll 7s 6d. English Gold Levebs ! - ' English Goltj Levebs ! ! i English Gold Levebs! 1 1 CONDITIONS OF SALE: FlftST.'— • We supply each watch on a week's free approval and trial, and return Second.— Each watch is fitted with a Jiev, carefully packed and delivered at the purchaser's address at'our sole risk, with three : years! stamped guarantee of our responsibility. Instruction for Ordering Watches by | Parties Living at a Distance. "FEILDING STAR." Cut thia square out and forward it with P.O. Order payable to S. D A Co. at the G.P.0., Auckland, with 2s 6d added to pay ,post registration, and we guarantee to forward Watch by .first post.— (Signed) Stewart, .Dawson A Co. Note : — All letters to be addressed STEWART, »ATVSOX& CO 195 $uekn St., Auckland. Other Colonial Branches : 34, Pkinck's Stbeet, Dunedin. ' , 127, Royal Arcade, Sydney, i 3, Collins,. Street West,. Melbourne. 5 Maiiuiafetdr^Hverpooi, England. 1
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 29, 18 August 1885, Page 4
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