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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5048, 18 March 1885, Page 4

WATCHES STEWART DAWBON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL, WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE WORLD. FIRST AS TIMEKEEPERS j FIBST IN QUAIIIY AND WoBKM NBHIP. rpHEIR Sale is Larger than the combined J. sale of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout (he colonies put together. Facts proved by the import returns. —— STEWART DAWSON and CO.'S System 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 bn credit with long payment, they resolved to go directio 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. ~8:. .D. & Co. have 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 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 ovbb omk httndbbd PSB CENT. SAVED TO BACH POBCHABEB. A £7 103. Gent's English Silver Hunting Lever Fob £3 15s. The Liverpool Champion English Lever. This watch is the finest quality full-plate English Lever that money can buy, veiling in 1 hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our owia workshops, they are unequalled for beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers; will ■uit every occupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All nave close-fitting, full-capped movements to prevent dust entering the works ; patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &o. Theescapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead.beat; the diali of fineßt white hard enamel, gold hands, aild sunk seconds. The gilding and Bteel- | work throughout - finished to the highest degree; ma ntaining power applied to each watch, the case perfectly dust-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 Ameri- ' can or foreign-nade watches ono after another. This magnificent and matchlees English Hunt* ing Lever we supply to customers for £3 15h, 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 bb this under £12. A £10 10s. English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever Fob £5 15s. STEWART DAW ON & CO.'S Superb JKeyleis English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and set* ting' hands* by simply turning a nicely-pro-portioned knob at, the t>tem of the watch, entirely dispensing with the trouble of carrying » loose key, and a certain preventativo of one-half the incidental cauees for repairs—a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust* , tight, and damp tight, keeping the works per* festly clean—may be wora.for years without cleaning :,the con?e tenet derived by all wbo wear them is pronounced incalculable. 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 CHEAPAT 10 GUINEAS. ' Also, same watch in open face, £4 15s. A £12 12s. English Silver Hunting Chronograph Fob £6 15s. Stkwabt DAweoH & Co.'s Magkificbnt , Ekgiish Chbohogbaph Watches. " ' Each watch a model of perfection ; finest $*plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial; centre seconds, and outside stop; each- timed to deed 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 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. - PEIOE £6 15s. \ FULL BETAIL VALUE bob 12 GUINEAS. \ Also, same.watch in open face, price £5155. •.." ' ' - A^B7 10s\ • , „ Ladies' English Hunting-Lever /, Fob £3 15s. Compared with prices charged by colonial dealer/,"we,practically present every purchaser of one of 'these watches with £4 or £5. EVERY WATCH a WORK of ART, elegant in shape,- chaste in design, of sterling English' workmanship, watches that, with fair usage, will last a life-time. We ask you to observe that we supply, our Ladies' Magnificent English* Levers at V far less price than often charged for common foreign watches. PRICE.—Ik Opbhotace, £3 ss; m Er/imNG Oabm £3 15j. Ha'f-Colonial Prices. Al£4 Hunting Defiance^Silver Watch for £l'lss Most wonderful value. All sterling Silver Cases. Dome, stud, and bow, 2-plale 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. 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 7a 6d. English GoldZLevers—Ladies and Gents -Most Wonderful Value in Open-face and Hunting Case. Call and inspeot these, or write for, Pamphlet containing full particulars. Note:—All letters to be addressed Stewart Dawson $ Co. 196, Queen Street, : : ■ - . AUCKLAND. Note.—lllustrated Pamphlets, with 60 pages of most wonderful testimonials and full '• ' particulars of all our watches, will be sent poit free for 3d in stamps. Other Colonial Branches: Pbiscb's Stwset, Dunedin. - ".: 27, RottaiAbcadb, Ssdwbx. 18; COiLINg BTBKBX' WEST. MZWOVTMB. lianufaetpry—Lmrppol, England,