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Temuka Leader, Issue 2595, 16 December 1893, Page 4

I A PRETTY CONCEIT The enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers " —we do not call them watches—with which to " ruu the Waterbury." These possess one virtue only—that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 per cent on his outlay. That they should keep tjnae is a matter of no moment, so long : as they resemble th Waterbury in outward appearance, style of Gasing,?etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchasere Firms doing tljis ojften say to us " What do we care ; we can make 'five shillings a watch, more on them than we ican on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that.'? Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that thoy get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbnry, 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. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray'jtrador to think his imports of the " the " Gonbung," or some other specially titled' n?qasfcrosity, has any effect on the Watcbury njaVM, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand. The fleal' strength pf the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in words its absolute 'refusal £o keep anything but the correct time. W& #9?#fr. t f ra £ 8 ?. Gtl " tickers "—we still bar tlipui any other title—offered for sals which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess jfc,c, pall you the state of the money %e amount of any particular member's "in £,i and the name of the next bank to reconstruct iu. Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing so.