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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4964, 6 December 1884, Page 4

WATCHES STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WOELD-WIPE CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVEE WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST AS TIMEKEEPERS; Fies in Quality and Woekmanship. npHEIR Sale is Larger than tbo combined JL sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout tbo colonies put together. Facts proved by the import returns. STEWAET DAWSON and CO.'S System of Business. PLAIN PACTS.—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 Bell their manufactures for cash—a system which has received a world-wide patronage never before equalled in the history of watch making. S. D. & Co. have now fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, eveiy customer saves three large profits —the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colo> ial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dealers' Profit—in »11 over one htjndeed MR CENT. BAYED TO KACH PURCHASER. A £7 10s. 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 own. workshops, they are unequalled for beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers ; will suit evtry occupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, Bquatters, minors, &c, as they will stand the' hardest wear. All have close-fitting, full-cupped niovementa to prevent dust entering the works ; patent Bolid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patens; safety hairsprings for riding, &c. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat; the dials of fineßt white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highest degree 5 ma.ntaining 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 the praises of every weaver. One of these watches will wear out three .American or foreign*n ade watches one after another. This magnificent and matchle-s English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and titr.e-keeping defy the world to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the came watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in oil variations of temperature. Price only £4 15s. You cannot buy one a* good as this under £12. A £10 108. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWAET DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply v turning a nicely-pro-portioned k'ob at the tern of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying " loose key, and a certain preventa'ive of one-half <he incidental causes for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dusttight, and damp tight, keeping the works perfectly clean —may be worn for years without cleaning : the conte ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced inca'culablc In quality we positively BBsert that their is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in two sizes—small and medium. PEICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAP AT 10 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, £4 15s. - A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Foe £6 15s. Stbwabt Dawson & Go's Hagnifiount English Chbono&baph Watches. Each watch a model of perfection ; fineßt f-plate movement, full jewe;led in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ; each timed to deid beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest officiul in the State, n.-ed not desire a watch that poesesaes in a greater degree all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior-made watches. PEICE £6 15s. FULL EETAIL VALUE pob 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price £5 15s. • A £7 10a. Ladies' English Hunting. Lever Fob £3 15a. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer.', we practically present every purchaser of one of these watches with £4 or £5. EVEKY WATCH a WORK o' ART, elegant in shape, chaete in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches that, with fair usage, will last a life-lime. We ask you to observe that wo supply our Ladies' Magnificent English Lovers at a far less price than often charged for common foreign watches. PRICE. —In Open-pace, £3 ss; in Hunting CaBS £3 15s. Ha'f Colonial Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s. Moßt wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cr.pea. Dome, stud, and bow, f-plat.e movement, jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a splendid timekeeper. None should hesitate to send fo' one of these watches, (ruly named "DEFIANCE," for they defy all im'tatio'i. If only to see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise aDd energy have revolutionised the watch trade of Europe. Also in Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 6d. English Gold°LeverS—Ladiea and Gente. Most Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing full particulars. ' Note :—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson Sf Co. 195, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. Mote.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pag©3 of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be sent post free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: 34, PbINCB'S StbEEI, DUNED!]*. 27, Royal Abcice, Sydney. 3, Collins Stbbbt Wbst, Helbotjbhe. Manufactory—Liverpool, England.