WATCHES STEWART DAWSON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIDE CELEBEATED ENGLISH LEVEB WATCHES • STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST A3 TIWEKEEPKRS; Fibs in Quality and Wokkm-nship. TpHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined , JL sale of all Watches in the whole of the j retail shopa throughout the colonies put together. Facts proved by the impwrt re.turns. . ' STEWART 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. —Instead of continuing to soil their watches to retail dealers on credit with long payment, they -reßolvedto 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 busineßS within' the i reach of the colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direcb with them, tho ] actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Coloual Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dealers' Profit-in all ovkb ohb hundbed i PEB CENT. SAVED TO BACH PUHOHASEK, A £7 108. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever v Foe £3 15s. I The Liverpool Champion English j LeverThis watch is the finest quality full-plate English Levex 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 adopted for bush work, Bquatters, 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 etrong 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 wearer. 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 eupply to customers for £3 15a, and in quality and timekeeping defy the ;w6rld to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jewela and real chronometer cut* compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only £4 15s. You cannot buy one ar good as this under £12. , ' A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever For £5 15s. STEWART DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph, of utility find convenience, winding end setting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned koob at the stem of the watch, . entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying « loose key, and a certain preventativo of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a watbh that is aieo perfectly air-tight, dusttight, and damp tight, keeping the works per-, feotly clean—may be.worn for years without cleaning : the conve ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced inoa'culabl?. Iv quality we positively assert that their is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in two sizes-^Bmall and medium. PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAP AT 10-GUINEAS. ■$■■ Also, same watch in open face, £4 15a. • A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. BTbWABT DAW6ON & Co'S MAONiriOitNT ENawsH Chbono&baph Watohbs Each watch a model of perfec ion ; finest i-plate movement, full jewojled 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 beat or cold The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest official in the State, need not desire a watch that possesses 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. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE fob 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price £5155. A £7 10S. Ladies' English Hunting Lever - , ■ Fob £3 15s. , Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer), we practically preeeDt.every purchaser of one of these watche3 with £4 or £5. EVEBY WATCH a WORK o' ART, elegaat . in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches l> at, 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-iaok, £3 ss; in Hunting Ca^Bs £3 15s. Half Coloniul Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s. Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver ' Cases. Dome, stud, and bow, |-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 imtatioa. -. 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 GoldZlevei'S—Ladies and Gents. Moat Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspect Iheee, or write for Pamphlet containing full particulars. Note:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson Sp Co. 195, Queen Street, i auckla.ni>;. , Note.—illustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages, of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be gent post free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: 34, Pbincb's Stjieei, Dtinedin. 27, Rotai Abc^db, Sydney. 8, Coumnb Stkbsx V/bbt, Mblboubne. Manufactory—Liverpool, England,
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5023, 17 February 1885, Page 4
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982Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5023, 17 February 1885, Page 4
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