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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5030, 25 February 1885, Page 4

" V 'WATd&ES"" " ' $TEWHRT DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WOELD : WIDE , CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVEB WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. , FIRST AS, TIMEKEEPERS • ! : Fibs\ in Quality and Wohkmunship. mHEIR 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 anj> 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 sell their watchbb, to retail „ dealers on 'credit with, long payment, they v - resolved to go direct to the publio themselves and sell their manufactures for cash—a system which has received a world-wide patronage , never before equalled in the history of watch Snaking. S. D. & Co. have now fully placed this advantageous system of-business within the reach 1 of the colonial public/and here remind ■«lk that, by dealing direct' with them, the 'actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three largo profits—the London 'Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colordal Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dealers' Profit—in all over osb humdeed SAVBD TO BAOH PUBOHABEB, A £7 10s. • Gent's English Silver Hunting 1 Lever Foe £3 15a. . The Liverpool Champion English ' ; v* Lever. This watch is the finest quality full-plate ; English Lever that money can buy, selling in huudreda. Manufactured, entirely in • our . ow», they are unequalled for ' beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers ; will suit every' occupation, nnd owing to ■ their ■ great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, minors, &c. a as they' will stand the hardest wear. All have ,close-fitting, full-cappod 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 1 ;' dials of finest white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highest degree; maintaining power applied to each watch, the caee^ perfectly dust-tight—very strong sterling silver, Government , Hall marked. Each, .watch complete, a master* . piece of the beet workmanship that English <talent, capital, and' ingenuity oan produce, t enlisting the praises of every wearer., One of tliege watches will wear out three American or. foreign- v ade watches ono after another. This magnificent*and matchless English. Hunting Levsr wo supply to customers for £3 155,. ' and in quality and time-keeping defy the world to boat it at ten guineas., '•:,Notice also the came watch as above, >vith' threo pair extra jewels and real chronometer out compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of' temperature. Price only < £4< 15s. Yon -canuot buy one a* good as this under £12. . A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWAET DAW.OS, & CO.'S Suporb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and settirjß hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned knob at" the stem of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carryicg M.Jooee bey, and a certain preventive of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly .air-tight, dußt» light, and damp tight, keeping the works perfectly clean—may be worn for years without cleaning : the oonver ienco'derived by all who wenr^them is pronounced inoal curable.' In quality wo positively assort that their :b not a keyless'watch sold under 12 guineas to equal theeer - They- are made'in two sizes—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. gTRWABT DAWfION & CO.'S MAGNIFICENT English Cheono&haph Watches Each watch a model of perfection ;. finest f.plate movement, full 'jewelled' in 'rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, dcci- . mal 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, need not desire a . watch that possenses in a greater degree all the attributes of- a perfect timekeeper. Notwithstanding the matchless perfection of this watch, we positively sell it at a lego price-than' retailers ebarge for ordinary inferior-made watches. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE iron 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in n^en face, price £5155. A £7 10s. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Fok £3 15s. Compared with prices charged by colonial' dealer*, we practically present evory^purcba«er of one of these watches with £4 or £5. BVERY,WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant V in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English workmanship, watohes tbat, .with* fair usage, will last a life-time. .We ask you to observe that we supply our Ladieß* Magnificent^ English Levers at a far, less price than, of ten charged for common foreign watches. 1 PRICE.—In Opbn-pace, £3 ss; in Hunting ' Ca?ib £3 16s. Half Colonial Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s Most wonderful .value. All sterling Silver' > Caseß. Dome, stud, and bow, £--plate movement,. jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a ' splendid- timekeeper. None should hesitate to sond for one of these watcheß, 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 1 have revolutionised tbe watch trade o Europe.' Also in 'Open-face Crystal Front, £r7a 6d. „ English GoldSLeVerS—Ladies and Gents, , Most Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting' Case. Call. and inspect these, or write' for. Pamphlet containing full particulars. Noto .-—All letters to be addressed Stew&rt Dawson 8f Co. .195, Quoon Street, 1 ' AUCKLAND. Noli:.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of' all our watches, will be sent ■ pott free for 3d in stamps.. ' - '• Ofbee Colonial Brunches: 3*, Pbincb's, Sxjleki!, D.uNKpiK. v 27, Koyal Aboade, Snn™^. a> Xioizzvs Brjs»ssW2g3P, Msisocsitb,