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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5001, 22 January 1885, Page 3

watches ■ :;■• yr i ' STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIDE ■CELVBRATED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIBST AS TIMEKEEPERS; Fibs in Quality and Wokkm^nship. rpHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined _l sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail Bhops 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 dealeis on credit with long 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. i). & Co. have now fully placed thii advantageous system of business within the reach of the colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealiog direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Oolotial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dea'ers' Profit—in all ovbb one hundbed PEB CENT. SAVED TO EACH PUBOHABEB. A £7 10s. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Foe £3 15s. : The Liverpool Champion English Leyer. 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 as timekeepers; will suit every occupation, 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-capped movements to prevent dust entering the works ; patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &o. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat; the dials of finest white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highest degree; ma ntaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dust-tight—very BtroDg sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete, a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting ihe praises of every wearer. One of these watcbea will wear out three American or foreign-n ade watcbes one after another. This magnificent and matchle s English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and timekeeping defy the world to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the §ame watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut (ooapensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only £4' 15s. You cannot buy one a? good as this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWART DAW OX & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned koob at the ttem of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying i» loose key, and a certain preventative of one-half the incidental cmses 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 conve> 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 Bizes—small and medium. •- PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY/CHEAP AT 10 GUINEAS. '•:.":■ Also, same watch in open face, £4 15s. A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. Stewabt Dawson & Co's Mag-niticunt English Chbonogbaph: Watches. : Each watch a model of perfection ; finest f.plate movement, full jewejled in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal' dial, centre seconds, and outside Btop j each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exaotly the same in either extreme heat or cold The wealthiest gentleman in the land/or the highest, official in the State, nsed not desire a watch that possesses in a greater degree all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. _ ; Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of thia watch, we positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior-made watches. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE pob 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price £515 a. A £7 108. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Foa £3 15s. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealers, we practically present every purchaser of one of these watches wifcli £4 or £5. EVERY WATCH a WORK o 1 ART, elegant in shape, chatte in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches that, with fair usage, will last a life-time. We ask you to observe that we supply our Ladies' Magnificent English Levers at a far less price than often charged for common foreign watches. PRICE.—In Open-face, £3 ss; in Hunting.. Cabs £3 15s. HaW Colonial Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s. Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cares. Dome, stud, 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 11 DEFIANCE," for they defy all imitation. If only to see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the watch trade o Europe. Also in Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 6d. English Gold Levers—Ladies and Gents. Blost Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing full particulars. Note: —All letters to bo addressed Stewart Dawson tip Co. 195, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. Note.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be sent po«t free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: 34, PJU>CE'S STttEKE, DITNBDIN. 9-7, Kotal Akcade, Sydney. 3, Collins Stbbbt West, Melbourne. Manufactory—Liverpool, Engluud.