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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5046, 16 March 1885, Page 4

WATCHES ' STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVEBPOOL, WORLD-WIDE OELEBEATED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST A3 TIMEKEEPERS;' FIBST IN QuAIITY AND WoitKM «NSHIP. rpHBIR Sale is Larger than the combined X Bale of.all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the cplonies put 'together. Facts proved by the import returns. STEWAKT DAWSOtf and CO.'S' „ . , System of Business. 1 PLAIN FAOTS.—About soven 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. :... 8. 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, large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colo&ial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail . Dealers' Profit—in all oveb ohb htjndbbd 3PBB CENT. SAVED TO BACH PUBOHA^EB. . A£7 10s. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. The Liverpool Champion English Lever. This watch is the finest quality fulUplate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds.. Manufactured entirely in our owa workshops, they are unequalled for beauty, for strength, or sas timekeepers; will •ait every -occupation, and owing to their . great strength and durability, are specially adapted for buß'h work, squattera, miners, &c, SB they' will stand the hardest wear. All have close-fitting, full-capped movements to " prevent dußt entering the works; patent'solid pillar plates, frames, wheela, and pinions, and - patent safety hairsprings for riding, &o.' The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard> jcuby, producing a perfect dead boat} the dials of finest while 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 dußt«tight—very strong sterling silver, Government Hall ' marked. Each watch complete, a master* piece of the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, j enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wear out three American or foreign-n ade watches ono after another. This magnificent and matchless English Hunt* ing Lever we supply to customers for, £3 15s, and in quality and timekeeping 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 £4 15s. You cannot buy one ar good sb this under £12. A £10 10b. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWART DAW ON & CO.'S Superb Keyless English Hunting 'Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and set* ting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned knob at the ttean of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carry ' ing ii loose key, and a certain preventative of one-half *he incidental causes for repairs—a watch .that is also perfectly air-tight, dußttight, and dump tight, keeping the works perfectly clean—may be worn for years without ' cleaning : the conve- ience derived by all who wear them is pronounced inca'culable. In quality, we positively 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. Also, lame watch in open face, £4,155. A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s.Stbwabi Dawbon & Co.'s Magnipicjint ENOMBH ChBONOGBAPH WATCHES. < 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, need not desire a watoh that possesses iv a greater degree all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. ~ ' Notwithstanding the matphless perfection of this watoh, we positively sell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior-made watches. PRICE £6 15». FULL RETAIL VALUE jtob 12 GUINEAS. < Also, same watch in open face, price £5155. A £7 10s. Ladies' English Hunting Lever : Fob £3 15s. , v Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer;, wo practically present every purchaser of one of those watches with £4 or £5. EVERY WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches tbftt, with fair usage, will last a life-time. We ask you to observe that we supply our Ladies' Magnificent English > Levers' at a far leas price than often charged for common foreign watches. 1 PRICE.—In Opbn-paoe, £3 ss; in Hunting Cabbs £3 15b. Half Colonial Prices. Al£4 Hunting Defiance '.Silver Watch for £1 15s Most wonderful value. All. sterling Silver Cases. Dome, stud,,aud bow, f-plate movement, jeweled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a aplendid timekeeper. None should hesitate to send for one of these watohes, truly named "DBBIANCE,V 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 iQoldSLevers—Ladies and Gent*. > Most Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call .and inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing fall particulars. 1 Note:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson Sp Co. : 195, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. '. Notb.—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. . '.' Other Colonial Branches: 34,. Psinoe'9 Stbeex, Dttnedin. 27, Rot A! Abcadb, Stdkbx. ' ' 3 QOTiTTM S-ESSKt WBST, MECBOrrSUJE, lianuf&fcfcpfy—Liverpool, Easland.