A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4510, 30 August 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Watcrbury have led firms who do not caro for a steady turnover at a legitimate- profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior J " tickors"—we do net callthem watches—with whioh to ."run the Watcrbury." Thoso possess ono vhtue only- that of showing tho dealer a return of somo 150 per cent, on his outlay, That they should keep timo is a nmttor of no moment, so long as they resemble the Watcrbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with sufficient olosoness to deccivo a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do we care; we can make fivo shillings a watch more on them then we I oan on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers l-cqtiirinr/ reliable watchoii can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring' the correct time should see that they get it. Tho gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, 'inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties arc so well known that they require no further recommendation, It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his Iniports of the" Nebuchadnezzar," tho" Mllleniuin,'! tho" Gonbung," or Bcme I other specially, titled monstrosity, has any effect on tlid Waterbury market, whilst for I ovcry watoh, he ncrvpusly ordWovor ono hundred Wafcrburvs aro always afloat for New Zealand,:/™ real strength of the Watcrbury lies In its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to kcop anything but tho correct tlmo. We sometimes see "tiokcrs"—wo still bar thorn any other title—offered for Bain which are really wondeiful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies op 1 their faces, bat keep tin)o,or'profess'to,toll

you.tho .state, of. the. money uiarkot, - thi nmountotanypartloulfir member's indebted , ness at Bellamy's, mid tho sumo of thonox Bank to reconstruct in Australia! Thi Waterbury does not do tliis, It simpl; " keeps correct time, ind goes on doing so.'