watches" STEWART DAWSGN ' AND CO.'S i LIVEBPOoL; W GELD-WIPE | CEL BRATED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES , STAND UNRIVALLED IN TFK WORLD. FIRST A3 TIMEKEEPERS ; Fibs, in Quality and Wobkhahshi?. rpHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined X tale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the colonies put together. Facts proved by the import, returns* —— BTEWABT DAWSON and CO.'S Sybtbh of Business. PLAIN FAoT3.—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 watches to retail dealers 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. 1). & Co. bare now fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direcb with them, the aolusl Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colonial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dealers' Profit—in all OVBH OMB HTJHDBBD PKB CENT. BAVBD TO BACH PUBOHABEB. , A £7 IOS. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever v Fob £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 every ccupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, Ac, as they will etand the hardest Wear. All ■ have close-fitting, full-capped movements to pre Tent, dust entering the works; patent solid pillar platee, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &c. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect-de^d beat; the dials of finest white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steslwork throughout finished to the highest degree; ma nfaining power applied to each . wntoh, the case perfectly dust-tight—very strong sterling eilv.er, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete, a masterpiece of the best wot kmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wctf out three American or foreign-t) ado watches one after" another. Thic magnificent, and mutchle*s English Hunt- , ing Lever we .-upply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and timo-keeping defy the world to boat it at ten guineas. ■ Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jowfb and real chronometer - cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all Variations of temperature. Prino only £4> 15«. You cannot buy one at good ac this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s: STEWART DAW. ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility tmd convenience, winding and set- , ting hauds by simply' turning a nicely-pro-portioned kuob at the tteta of the watch, entirely dispensing with the i rouble of carrying " loose key, and a certain preventative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust* tight, and dump tight, keeping the works perfectly clean—may be worn for years without cleaning : the oon»« ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced iuoa oulable. ' In quality we positi*ely assert that their is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in' tiro sizes—small and medium. PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAF AT 10 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in ocen face, £4 15s. A £12125. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. Stbwabt Dawson & Co.'s Magutcfiount Ehch;ibh Chronogbaph Watches Each watch a model of perfection ; finest' f-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 beat or cold The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest, official im 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 this watoh, wo positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior-made watches. "" ' , PRICE £6 15s.' FULL RETAIL VALUE job 12 GUINEAS. Also, Bame watch in open lace, price £5155. *- A £7 10s. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Fob, £3 15b. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer;, we practically present every purchaser ' of one' of these watches with £4 or £5. ' EVERY WATOH a WORE o; ART, elegast in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English " workmanship, watches tiat, with fair usage, will last a life-time. Wo ask you to observo that.we supply our Ludies' Magnificent Eng- ' lish Levers at a far less price than often charged lor common foreign watches. ' > PRICE.—In Open-face, £3 ss; in Hunting Cahs £3 15s. lla^f Colodihl Prices. A £4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for £1 15s Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cat-ea. Dome, stud, and bow, $-plate movement, jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a eplenoid timekeeper. None should hesitate to send for one of these watches, truly named "PEL'IANCE," 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 watoh trade o Europe. Also in , Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 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. Note:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawsonty Co. 195, Queea Straot, AUCKLAND. Note.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials &»d full particulars of all our watches, will be sent past free for 8d in stamps. ' ( Other, Colonial Branches: 34, Pbiroi's Sxißßi, DmrxDnr." £7, ROTAI AbOvDI, 6TDNKT. 3,|COLLIH/| STBIK VYB3T, MBLBOPUKB, > . Manujuwtory— Untpool, Em)»n4,
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5036, 4 March 1885, Page 3
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