A PRETTY CONCEIT.
The enormous sales of the Wntorbuty have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—we do net cnll thera watches—with which to "run the Waterbury." Theso possess ono viitue only- that of showing tho dealer# return of some 150 percent, on Ins outlay. That they should, keep time iB a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble tho Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with suilicient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing thia often say to us" What do we care; wo can make five shillings .a watch more on them then wo can on yours; and as to keeping time, well,' our troubles about that," Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbury, | and the public requiring tho correct time should sco that they get it. The gents'or, ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling! silver, pro handsome, inexpensive, andi durable; whilst the nickel varieties ave so well known that they require' no further recQninientlatipn. It is a pretty conceit f°V here and there a stray trader to think his i'lipoi'fs o[ the Nebuchadnezzar," the" Millenium," the Gou'oung," or scnio other specially titled monstrosity, has any cffcot on the Waierbury inarkrt, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over ono hundred Waterbwya aro always afloat for New Zealand. Tho real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. Wo sometimes see 11 tickers "-we still bar them any other title—offered for sain whioh aro really wondeiful combinations. They dot only exhibit tho wholti of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you llio slate of the money market, the anibuutofijhypaiticulttrmniiber'sindebff.diiess at Bellamy's,and the name uf the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. Tho \yatev|iijry doe? not do tbis.' It' simply keeps porject tjino, luci goes oil flollig M,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4517, 7 September 1893, Page 3
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337A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4517, 7 September 1893, Page 3
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