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Temuka Leader, Issue 2625, 24 February 1894, Page 3

PRETTY CONCEIT The enormotio oaleß 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 of cheap inverior " tickers "-—we do not call them wr.tches—with which to " run 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 ti*ue 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 purchasere Firms doing this often say to us " What do we care; we can make live 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, and the public requiring the correct time should see 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. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," the " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any etfect'on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand. The real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but I the correct time. We sometimes see I•< tickers "—we still bar them any other title— offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies I on Iheiv faces, but keep i\ma, or profe.-.s I to, tell you the state of the luoucy market, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and tho name cf the next bank to reconstruct in Australia. Tho Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, 1 and goes on doing so. MEMORIAL CARDS. "UST TO HAND—A Varied Selection J of MEMORIAL CARDS. Choice and Tasteful Designs. Inspection luvittd TEMUKA LEADER OFFTOE ORSE CARDS Printed on the Shortest Notice at the Office of this Paper,