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WATCHES I STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIPE CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVEE WATCHES BTAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD, FIRST AS TIMEKEEPERSj Fibs in Quality and Wobkm nship. fPHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined JL gale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the colonieß put together. .Facts proved fay the import returns. — STEWAET PAWSON and CO.'S System op Business. PLAIN FACTS. —About seven years ago Stewart Dawson & Co., Liverpool, originated and introduced a new system of business in the English Watch Trade, viz. —Instead of continuing to pell Iheir watches to retail dealers on credit "with locg payment, they resolved to go direct to the public themselves and sell their manufactures for cash —a system which has received a world-wide patronage never before equalled in the history of watch making. S. 1). & Co. have now fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the colonial public, and here reiiiind all that, by dealing direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer eaves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colo< ial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dea'ers' Profit—in all ovbb oke htjhdbed PEE CENT. SAVED TO BACH PURCHASER A £7 10s. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Foe £3 15s. The Liverpool Champion English Lever. This wafch is the finest quality full plate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our owh workshops, they are unequalled for beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers ; will suit every orcupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All have close-fitting, full-cnppel movements to prevent duet, entering the works ; patent, eolid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and paten . safety hairsprings for riding, &c. The escapementß adjusted to Die perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat; the dials of finest white bard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steel work throughout finished to the highest degree; ma ntaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dusUtigbt—very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch comple'e, a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of theße watches will wear out three American or foreign-n ade watches one after another. This magnificent and matchle-s English Hunting Lever we eupply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and time-keeping defy the world to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only £4< 15s. You cannot buy one as good as this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWART DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience winding and setting hands by simply turnir.g a niceiy-pro-portioned k 1 ob at the .-tost) of tbo watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying « loose key, and a certain preventativc of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a j watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust- I tight, and damp tight, keeping the works per- I feefcly clean —may be worn for years without cleaning : the conve- ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced incaculable. In quality we positively assert that their is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in two sizes—small and medium. ! PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAP AT 10 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, £4i 15s. A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. STItWABT DAWFON & Co'S Ma&NIPICjJNT Ekg-lish Chbonogbaph Watches Each watch a model of perfection ; finest f-plate movement, full jeweiled in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ; each timed to desd beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest official in the State, need not desire a watch that possesses ia a greater degree all t.he attributes of a perfect timekoeper. Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively Bell it at a lesß price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made watches. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE pob 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in opon face, price £5155. A £7 10s. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer', we practically prenenfc every purchaser of one of these watches with £4 or £5. EVERY WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant in shape, chatte in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches that, with, fair us3go, will last a life-time. We ask you to observe that we supply our Ladies' Magnificent English Levers at a far lesß price than often charged for coiomon foreign watches. PRICE. —Ik Open-pace, £3 5s ; in Hunting Ca°es £3 15s. Half Colonial Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s. Host wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cases. Dome, stud, and bow, fj-plate movement, jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a splendid timekeeper. None should hesitate to send for one of these watcheß, truly named "DEFIANCE," for they defy all imitation. If only to sco the perfection that can be ; attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade of j Europe. Also in Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 6d. I English Gold Levers—Ladies and Gents. \ Most Wonderful Varue io Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspect these, or writs for Pamphlet containing full particulars. , Note:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson $• Co. 195, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. Note. —Illustrated Pampblete, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of ail our watches, will be sent po.t free for 3d in stamps. \ Other Colonial Branches t j 84, Peiuck's Stbket, Dpnbdin. j 27, Roy it Abcade, Sttjjne*. 3, COMJKS Bti:«st WfbT, MbIBOUBNE, Manufactory —Lir ri-001, England, j

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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4944, 13 November 1884, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4944, 13 November 1884, Page 4

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