WATCHES STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVEEPOOL, WOELD-WIPE CELEBRATED ENGLISH ■ LEVEE WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WOULD,, FIRST AS TIMEKEEPERS; Fies in Quality and WobkmiNship. npHEIB. Sale is Larger than the combined JL sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the colonies put together. Facts proved by the import returns. STEWAET DAWSON and CO.'S System of 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..—lnstead of continuing to sell their watches to retail dealers on credit with long payment, they resolved to go direct, to the public themselves and sell iheir manufactures for cash—a system which haß received a world-wide patronnge never before equalled in tho 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 remind all that, by dealicg direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, tho Color ial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dea ere' Profit—in all ovjje gj«e httndhed PEE CENT. SATED TO HiCS. PUKOHASEB, A £7 108. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Foe £3 15s. The Liverpool Champion English Lever. This watch 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 aa timtkeepers ; will suit every occupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, arc specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest, wear. All have close-fitting, full-capped movements to prevent dust entering tho worliß ; patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &'.'. Tho escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in bard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat; the dials of finest white bard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highest degree; maintaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dust-tight—very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete, a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting tho praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wear out three American or foreign-n ado watches one after another. This magnificent and mntehle s English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and time-keeping defy the world to beat it afc 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 Foe £5 15s. STKWA.B-T DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned k;!ob at the eteai of the watch, entirely dispensing with tho trouble of carrying •• loose key, and a certain preventativo of one-hulf the incidental causes for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dusttight, and damp tight, keeping the works perfeotly clean —may be worn for years without cleaning;: the convex ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced inca'culable. 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 i and medium. j PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAP AT 10 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, £4 15a. 1 A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Foa £6 15s. Stjtwabt Dawson & Co.'s Mag-nificknt Ekq-lish Chhonoq-eaph Watches. Each watch a model of perfection j finest f-plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ; each timed to dosd beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest gentleman in tho land, or the highest official in the State, nred not desire a watch that possesses ia a greater degree all Ihe attiibutes of n perfect timekeeper. f Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior'made watches. PRICE £6 15n. FULL SETAtL VALUE yon 12 GUINEAS. Also, samo watch in open face, price £5 15s. A £7 Mb. Ladies' English Hunting 1 Lever li'OK £3 15s. Compared wiih prices charged by colonial dealer.-, we pro-ept every purchaser of one of I he?!', wait-hcs vvifcti £4 or £5, EVESY WATCH » WORKo' AET, elegant in shape, chafcte in design, of sterling Knglisli workmanship, wntohes I' at, with fair usage, will last a lifi-limr. Wo a?k you to obaerve that we supply our Ladies' Magnificent English Levers at a for Jess price than oi'tesi charged for common foreign watches. PftlCE.—ln Open-face, £3 53; in Hunting Ca=ES £3 15s. Ha'f Colonial Prices.. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s. Most wonderful valuo. All sterling Silver Cases. Dome, etud, and bow, f-plate movement, jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a splendid timekeeper. None should hesitate to send for one of these watches, truly named "DEFIANCE," for they defy all imitation. If only to see the parfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade of Europe. Also in Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 6d. English Gold Levers—Ladies and Gents Most Wonderful Value iv Open-face and Hunting Case. Call aud inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing full particulars. Note :—All letters to be addreesed Stewart Dawson $ Co, AUCKLAND. Note.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all oar watches, will be sent poat free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: 34, Peince's Street, Dunedin. 27, Eoyai Aecabb, Sydney. 3, Collins Stbsbt West, Mbjcbouhne, Manufactory—Liverpool, England.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4946, 15 November 1884, Page 4
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