GOOD NEWS FOE ALL! IMPOETANT FACTS. TIME AND TIMEKEEPERS. THE ENGLISH LEVEB. The Best of All Timekeepers. Victory, victory, triumphant victory, declared throughout the world in favor of STEWART, DAWSON, & CO.'S, Live » pool, CHAMPION ENGLrSH LEVER, WATCES, LAEGEST 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 provi d bv the import returns. STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. Plain Facts. About seven years ago Stewart D& w -. son and Co., Liverpool, originated and introduted a new' system of' business m 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 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/ arid here iemind 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 Profitin all OVEE ONE HUNDRED PEE CENT SAVED TO EACHPUECHASKE. 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. iVJ atchless in design and finish. Proved by wearers in all parts of the. Globe to he ; 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 greut strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All have ciosentting, 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 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 throughout finished to the highest degree ; main- . tbining power applied to each watch, the cjase perfectly dust-tight — very' strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. i£ach watch complete, a masterpiece of 1 the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produse, 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 L3 15s, and in quality und lime 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 m 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 L5 15. Stewart Dawson and Co's Superb Keyless English Hunt- , ing Lovers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-proportioned knob at the stem of the watch entirely dis--1 pensing with trouble of carrying a loose • key, and a cerluiu prevetilativu of ont;-half the incidental causes for repairs - a watch t hat is also perfectly air-tight, dust- tight and damp-tight, keeping the works per- ' fectly olean- 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 wateh , sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in two sizes small and: [ -medium. Price L5. 15s. Positively icheap at 10 guineas. Also, same watch in open face, Li 15s. I A..L12 12s English Silver Hunting Chronograph For L6 15s. Stewart Dawson & Co.'s Magnificent English Chronograph" Watches. Each watch a model of perfection; finest f-plaie meve- 1 'meht, fulL" jewelled in rubies, real > chronometer compensated balancf, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside .stop; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heatorcoid. The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest official in the : State, need not desire ' t watch that possesses in a greater degreee all the attribKtes of a perfect timekeeper. ■'Notwithstanding the matchless per- 1 .fee tion 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, r ,' ; ' for L3 155. " Price— ln Open- face, L3 5s ;in Hunting L3 15s. Half Colonial Prices. ' A L4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for Ei '15s ' Also in Open- lace Oystal Front, ■■■".■ . ■ :.- "'. "-Li:7s:6d£ '' .' ."':■• .* S English. Gold Levebs ! . * ;'. English Gold; Levebs ! ! ' .' . ' . ....'• English Gold Levees!!! CONDITIONS OF SALE: ' j!l Fibst. — We supply eaph watch on a treek's free approval and trial, and return '■< SECO»D.T-Each watch is fitted 'with* a kej, carefully packed and delivered atihe purchaser's address, at our : sole; risk, with* three years .stSmped guarantee of our responsibility. ' ' . • Instruction,, for Ordering Watches .by Parties Living at a Distance. ' " FEILDING STAE," ■ >Cut this square out and forward it wi(h P.O. Order payable to ', ; ■$.. D & tio. 'at; the . G.P.O:,' ; ! Auckland, with 2s 6d added to • >■. pay, post registration,' and. we - .. guarantee to forward Watch by 11 first ; post.— (Signed.) Stewart, ", „. Dawson & Co?' . °- ■-■•''' : , '. '■' '■.'■ , '. !.) .••,'. ■ > Nvie :'— -All letters to be addressed STETTART, » A WSOIV &CO v ; . '195 >: i^asm ■■*&$* Auckland.. } " Other Colonial Branches : ; 34, jPhinck's STREJST.'Dbjs-Ebiir. 17 &, EOYAIf AB.CADE, SyD^vSY. ± 3, Collins Stbeet , West; Mblbouenb. Jlanufactory-TrlaYerpool, ""
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 31, 22 August 1885, Page 4
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