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Temuka Leader, Issue 2613, 27 January 1894, Page 4

PRETTY CONCEIT The enormous Bales 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 " run 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 time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble th Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purehasore Firms doing this often say to us " What do we care ; we gan make five shillings a watclf morp qn them th,an we pan 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 sep that they get it. Tho gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or iu sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that tfrov require no further recomm,en.dat.>^ lli j t is a pretty COllceit. f«r aere and there a stray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," tho " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effeot on tho Waterbury market, whilst for every watch ho nervously orders over one hundred W;:(erimrys ;iru always afloat for New Zealand. Tim real strength of the Waterbury lios it■ its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keop anything but the correct time. Wo sometimes sea " tickers " —wo still bar thorn any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profoss to, toll you the state of tho money market, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name cf the next bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and KQQ3 on doiujj so.