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Temuka Leader, Issue 2545, 22 August 1893, Page 4

The enormous sales of the Waterbury have led linns who do not care for a steady turn over at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior “tickers we do not call them watches —with which to “ runf the Waterbury.” These possess one virtue on ly—that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 per cent on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc , with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us “ What do we care ; we can make five shillings a watch more on them than we can on yours ; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that.” Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbury, aud the public requiring the correct tinu should s§e that they get it. The gents’ or ladies’ Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation, ll kf a pretty po.uceit for here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of the “Nebuchadnezzar,” the ‘f Gonbung,” 01 some other specially titled monstrosity lias !"w effect "’on the Waterbury market, whilst* fur every watch he nervously orders ova? pne hundred Waterburys are always afloat for Zealand. Thcreal strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words itf absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes sec “ tickers -we still bar them any other tula —offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their fangs, but keep time, or profes; to, fell you the state of the money market, the amount of any particulai member’s indebtedness at Bellamy s, anc the name rf the next bank to reconstruc in Australia. The Waterbury does noi do this. It simply keeps correct time, aud goes on doing so, i