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Temuka Leader, Issue 2651, 26 April 1894, Page 4

PRETTY CONCEIT The enormous sales of the Waterbnry have led firms who do care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent of gheap inferior “ tickers we do not call tfiem watcfies—with which to “ run the Waterbary.” 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 Waterbary 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 wo care ; we can make live shillings a watch more on thorn than we can on yours ; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that.” Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbnry, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they 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 hero and there a stray trader to think his imports of the “ Nebuchadnezzar,” the “ Gonbung,” or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any eliect on the Vvaie'-bury mark. t. whilst for every wnlcb in; nun >u: .ly orders over one hundred V» uteri.ury.s mo always afloat for New' Zealand. The real strength of the Waierbury lies in its absolute reliability, in oilier words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. Wo sometimes sec “tickers”—wo still bar them any other title—otfered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies ou their faces, but keep time, or piofess to, toll you the state of the moneymarket, the amount of any particular member’s indebtedness at Bellamy’s, and the name cf the ne:ct bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbnry does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing so.