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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5047, 17 March 1885, Page 4

'■ WATCHES ; STEWART DAWSON AND CO.'S - LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIDE, CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST A3 TIMEKEEPERS; Fißßr in Quality and Wobkm nship. fpHEIR 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. STEWART DAWSON anjj CO.'S System of Business. PLAIN FACTS.—About seven years ago Stewart Dawson & Co.-, Liverpool, originated •nd 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 •nd sell their manufactures for cash—a system which has received a world-wide patronage never before equalled in the history of watch making. S. p. & Co. have now fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the colonial public, and here remind •11 that, by dealing direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits—the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Color ial Wholesale Dealers' Profit, and the Colonial Retail Dealers' Profit—in all otbb osb hunbbed 118 CKNT. BAVBD TO BACH POBOHABEB. A£7 10s. . Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. The Liverpool-Champion English Leyer. . . 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 •nit every oi cupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as tbey 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 hsirsprings for riding, &o. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in bard -ruby, producing'a perfect dead, beat; the dials'of finest white bard 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 sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Each watoh complete, a master* piece of the best.workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can produce, enlisting the praises of every wearer. One of these watches will wear but three American or foreign-n ade watches one after another. Thiß magnificent and matchless English Hunt* ing Lever we supply to customers for £3 15s, and in quality and-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 £4 15s. You cannot buy one a? good as this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWART DAW ON & CO.'S.Superb .Keylets"English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and set* ting hands by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned knob 1 at the *teao of the watcb, entirely,dispensing with the trouble of carrying m loose key,'and a certain prevent alive of one-holf the incidental causes for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dusttight, and damp tight, keeping the works perfectly clean—may be wora for years without ' cleaning : the conve ience* derived by all who wear them is pronounced inoa'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 eizes^emall and medium. PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY CHEAP AT 10 GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, £4 15s. A £12 12a. . English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. Stbwabt Dawbok & Co.'s Magnificent Ek&libh Chbonogbaph Watches. , Each watch a model of perfection ; finest , i-plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, j real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop; j each timed to dead beat in positions,. to go exactly the same in either extreme heat or cold Tbe wealthiest gentleman in* the land, or the { highest offioial in the State, need not desire a watch that possesses iv a greater degree all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. Not withstanding 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 yon 12 GUINEAS. AJso, same watch in open face, price £5155. A £7.108. Ladies' English Hunting Lever Fob £3 16s. > Compared with prices charged by colonial ** ' dealer*, we praotically preterit every purchaser of one of these watches with £4 or £5. EVEB.Y WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant in shape, chaste in design, of sterling English workmanship, watches (.bat, with fair usage, will last a life-time. . We. »»k you to observe that we supply our Ladies' Magnificent English Levers at a far lees price than often charged for common foreign watches. PRICE.—In Open-paob, £3 ss; in Bunting Ca'Bß £3 15s; Ha!f Colonial Prices. Al£4 Hunting Defiance '.Silver Watch for £1 15s Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Caies.. Dome, stud, and bow, Opiate movement, jewelled in 8 holes, each guaranteed a splendid timekeeper. None should hesitate I* send for one of thesa watches, truly named " DEFIANCE," for they defy- all imitation. "If jjnly to'see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise Bed energy have revolutionised the watoh trade o Europe. Also in Open-face Crystal Front, £1 7s 6d. English GoldlLevers—Ladies and Gents. Alo»t Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspect these, or write for Pamphlet containing full particulars. Mote:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson 8f Co. 196, Queen Street, AUCKLAND. . Note.-— Illustrated Pamphlets, with 60 ' - psges of most wonderful testimonials and full particulars of all our watches, will be sent past free for 3d in stamps. ' Othof Colonial Branches: -34,-Pbisck's .SruBBS, Dunbjjin. ' 27, Roxai Aecade, Sybnsy. ' ' 8, CoiilKß Suncs!' West, MsißOTrairi.v M»nvjf»ctor/—Liverpool, England,