A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4515, 5 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

. The enormous sales of the Waterbury havo led firms who do not care lor a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—wo do net call them watches—with which to "run tho Waterbury." These possess one vil tue only • that of showing the dealer a return of some ISO per cent, on his outlay, That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearanco, style of casing, eto., with suflioiont closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do we care; wo can make five shillings a watch more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping tirao, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliablo watcher can trust the Walerbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they got it. Tho gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or iu sterling silver, aro handsomo, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so woll known that thoy require no further recommendation, It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the" Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millenium," tho " Gontang," or seme other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Walerbury markrt, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Watorburys are always afloat for New Zealand. Tho real strength of tho Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in othor words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes see "tiokcrs"—we still bar them any other title-offered for sale which are really wondciful combinations. Thoy not only exhibit tho wholu of tho celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you the state of tho money market, the amountofanyparticular number's indebtedness at Bcllnmy's.and the name of the nost Bank to reconstruct in Australia. Tho Waterbury docs not do this. It simply keeps correct time, .and goes on doing so.