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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5042, 11 March 1885, Page 4

„ WATCHES STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVJ^R WATCHES BTAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST A3 TIMEKEEPERS; Fibst in. Quality and Woekm.nship. rpHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined JL sale of all Watcheß in the whole of the retail, shops, throughout tho , colonies put , together! Facts' proved by the im'purt returns. ' '' " ' STEWART DAWSON and CO.'S System of Businesb. PLAIN FACTS.—About scTen years ago Stewart Dawson & Co., Liverpool, originated and introduced a new system; 1 of business in the English Watch Trade, viz. .—lnstead of continuing to sell their watches to retail dealers .on credit with long payment, tbey resolved to go direct to the public themselves sxid sell (heir manufactures for cash—a system which has received a,world-wide patronage never before equalled in the hißtory oS watch making. S. D. & Co. have now fully placed.this advantageous system of \business within the 1 reach of the colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direct with them, the actual- Manufacturers, every customer saves J tbree large profits—the London Wholesale : Dealers' Profit, the Colonial Wholesale! Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail j Dealers' Profit—in ell qvkb ohb htjkdbbd ' PBB CENT. SAVED TO BACH PUBOHABEB. ] A,£7,105. | Gent's English' Silver Hunting Lever j , Fob <£3 15a. The Liverpool Champion English leyer., This watch is the finest quality full-plate , English Lever that nionoy can buy, selling in | hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our *-owa workshops, they -are unequalled for ] beauty, for Btrerigth, or as timekeepers ; will , suit every OLCupption, : Bnd owing to their j great strength' end durability,' are ..specially i • adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c,' as tbey will Btand 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 snfety hairsprings for riding, &o. Tho eEcapemem'B' adjusted to the porfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat; the dials of finest wbiie hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to' the highest degree; •maintaining power applied to, each watch, the. case -perfectly dust-tight—very strong atprliDg silver, Government Hall marked. Each watch complete", a masterpiece of the best workmanship that English talent, oapital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wear out three Araieri--can or foreign-made watchesone after another. This magnificent and matchless English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality &nd time-keeping defy the world' to beat it at ten guineas. Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only £& 15s. You cannot buy one ar good as tbfs under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver lever Fob £5 15s. 1 STEWJIBT DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English' Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting, hands by simply turniug a nicely-pro-portioned knob at the »tern of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying » loose ftey, and a certain preventative of one-half the incidental causes for repairs—a . watch that is also*perfectly air-tight,, dusttight, and damp-tight,, keeping the works par* festly clean—may be wora for years without cleaning : the con re- ience derived by all who ,wear them is pronounced incalculable. In quality we positirely assert that their is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made iri two sizes-—small andmedium. ' ' "PBICS £5 16s. POSITIVELY OHBAF AT 10 G-UINBAS. " Also, same watch io open face, £4 15s. ■ A £12' 12s. v English Silver Hunting ChronogTaph , , Fob £6 15a. StxVabt D'AVraoit, & Co.'s Magnificent ; Engiish Chbonogbaph Watches. 1 Each watch a model of perfection ; ■- finest &-plate movement, .full jewelled in. rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, dcci- ■. inal dial,- centre' seconds, and outside stop; .each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in either extreme heator 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., PEICE £6.15». FULL BETAIL VALUE jtok 12 GUINEAS. BAIbo, same watch in open face, price £5155. . ■ A £7,105. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer?,' we practically preeeDt every purchaser of one of tbeße watcheß with £4 or £5. EVEKY WATCH a WOKE of AST, elegant in sbape,'chaete.in design, of storling English workmanship, watches ~to 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-tack, £8 ss; in Hunting Cases £3 15s. Half Coteniql Prices. Al£4 Hunting Defiance 'Silver Watch for £1 15s, Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Owes. Dome, Btud, and bow, l-plato 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 imitation. I£ only to see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy ha,ve revolutionised the watch trade o Europe. Also in ; Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s Gel. English GoltlSLevers—Ladies and Gents. Moet Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case.' Call and inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing full particular*. ' Note I —All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson $• Co. 195, Queen Street, <- , ' AUCKLAND. NoxE.—lliustrated Pamphlets; with 60 , pages of mott wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be sent post free for 3d in stamps. - ' ' Other Colonial Branches: '34, 'Pbibcb's Sxee£l', Dttnedin. * 27, Eoxai AecAde, Sydney M#Dui#ctory—LiverjKx?!, England.