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Temuka Leader, Issue 2637, 24 March 1894, Page 4

PRETTY CONCEIT The enormous salei 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 inferior "tickers"—we do not call them watches—with which to " run the Waterbury." These possess one virtue ©ply—that of showing the dealer a return of ISP 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 pareless or i»i>WW t V Firms doing tins often say to hs »» What j do we care ; we can make live shillings p ! watch more oil them tjj;;a we £"ii or | 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 onnpoit for here and there a stray trader io think his import of the " the '.«(jroi))mng/' or some other unimi&lly titled monsfrosity, has any efi'ect on the W&tgrbury market, whilst for every watch ho nepyously orders over one hundred Wnterburys are always afloat for Now Zealand. The real atrongth of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, iu other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes sea " tickers "—we still bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. Thoy not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their faces, but koep 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 namo of the next bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do thiß. It simply keeps correct time, and goes qu <Joi»g 99.