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Temuka Leader, Issue 2579, 9 November 1893, Page 4

PRETTY OONOEIT The enormous sales of the Waterbury have le>l firms 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 uot call them watches —with which to “ run the Waterbnry.” These possess one virtue only—that of showing the dealer a return of some 100 per cent on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long $3 they resemble th Waterbary in outward appearance, stylo of casing, etc , with sufficient (do.sejipss to deceive "a careless or unwary pu-chnsere Finns doing this often say to us “ What do wo care ; wo can make five shillings a v/atch mure on them than we can on yours 5 and as to keeping time, well, our troubles' about that.” Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust Uj.u Waterbury, and the public requiring lh,o correct tmte should see that they get it. The gents' oi? Mies’ Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling V™ handsome, inexpensive, and durable > whijsp fhe nickel varieties are so well known that ta&y require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit fur hero and there a stray trader to think his imports of the “ hiebuchadneMar,” the “ ConhuUg,” or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any oll’ect on the Waterbury nrarjmt, whilst for every watch ho nervously orders over ono hundred Waterburys are always afloat for ifew Zealand. The real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, ,iu other jyords its absolute refusal to keep anything but tfio ,c vprfiCt time. We sometimes boo ii tifikor.s still bar them any other .■ ofibred for galp which fire really wnndprfin "oniijliintious. They nyt <?n]y whole rf celestial bodie* on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you the state of the money market, the amount of any particular member’s indebtedness at Bellamy’s, and the name of the next bank to reconstruct in Australia. Tho Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing so,