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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5003, 24 January 1885, Page 3

WATCHES STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL. WOULD-WIDE- _ CELhBKATED EAQLIBE LEVER WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST AS TIMEKEEPERS; FIBB IN QUALITY AND WoBKIIjNBHIP. , rpHBIR Sale is Larger than the combined X sale of all Watches in the whole of the , retail shops throughout' the . colonies put together. Facts proved by the import rsturns. ■ - — STEWAET DAWSON a*d OQ.'S System of Business. PLAIN FACT3.—About seven years ago Stewart Dawson & Co., Liverpool, originated and introduced a new system of business im the English Watch Trade, viz. •—lnstead of . continuing to sell their watches to retail. ! dealers en 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. ' - • A 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 dealing direct' with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three lurge profits—the London Wholesale < Dealers' Profit, the Colonial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dea'era' Profit-in all ovsh one httndbbd PEB CENT. BAYED TO BACH PUBOHABEE, A £7 108. , Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. 1 The Liverpool Champion English 1 Lever. ' • This watch is the finest quality full-plate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our owa 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-cupped movements to ' prevent dust entering the works; patent solid - • pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and ■ paten;-, safety hairsprings for riding, &o. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of * performance, each action jewelled in hard , ruby, producing a perfect dsad beat ; the 1 dials of finest white bard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork - throughout finished .to the highest degree; ma staining power applied to each watch, the caßo perfectly dust-tight—very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete, a master* piece of the best workmanship that Englith ' tnlent, cnpital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praiees of every wearer. One ' of these watches will wear out three American or forcign-n ade watches one after another. Thiß magnificent and matches English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and time-keeping defy, the world to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also (he same watch as above, with three pair extra jeweld and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only £4 15s. You cannot buy one at good 88 this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless-Hunting Silver Lever * Fob £5 15b. STEWAET DAW ON & CO.'3 Superb Key less English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned kcob at the ttern of the. watch, entirely dispensing with the.trouble of carryi ing r< loose key, and a certain preventative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a watoh that is alto perfectly air-tight, dust* tight, and damp tight, keeping the works perfestly clean—may be wora for yearß without cleaning : the conye ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced inca culable. In quality we positiTely 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. i Also, same watch in open face, £4155. A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. , Stewabt Dawson & Co'a. MAaNiFiOjtNT 1 English Chbonoghbaph Watohe3. ' Each watch a model of perfection ; finest i-plate movement, full jewelled in, rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead 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, mcd not desire a watch that possesses in a greater degree all I the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. » Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell, it at a less price than retailors charge ( for ordinary i inferior-made watches. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE sob 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price £5155. -. A £7 10s.. \ Ladies' English Hunting Lever Foa £3 15s. s 1 Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer*, we practically present every purchaser of one of these * watches with £4 or £5; EVERY WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant ' in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches IV at, with fair usage, will last a life-time. We ask you-to observe ' that we eupply our Ladies' Magnificent English Levers at a far.less price than often ' oharged for coir<mon foreign watches. PRICE.—I» Opbn-faoe, £3 5s jin Etjntikg 1 CASBS£3 15s. Half Colonial Prices,. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for£llss T Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cases. Dome, etud, and bow, £-plate movement, jewelled in 8 boles, 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 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 GoldlLeverS—Ladies and Gents. 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 BpCo\ 195, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. . Note.—lllustrated Pamphlet*, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be sent pott free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: . 34; PbIKCE'S SIBBBr, DUNBDIN. , 27, Royal Abcadb, Bydney. , . 3, Coliikb Sxbhx Wist, Mbiboubne. ■■_■'■. Manufactory—Liverpool, England,