A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4521, 12 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales oi tho Watorbury havo led firms who do not core tor a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tiokers"—wo do net call them watches—with whioh to "run the Waterbury," These possess one viituo only- that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 percent, on bis outlay. That they should keep timo is a matter of no moment, bo long as they resemble the Watorbury in outward appearance, stylo of casing, eto., with Builioient closeness to dcccivo a carcloss or unwary pufolmscr. Firms doing this often say to us" What do we care; we can mako five shillings a watch more on them then ire can on jours; and as to keoping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring rcliabio watches can trust the Waterbury, and tho public requiring the correct time should seo that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, aro handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties aro so woll known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for hero and there a stray trader to think his imports of the" Nebuchadnezzar," the" Millenium," tho" Gonbung," or seme other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on tho 'Waterbury market, whilst for every watch ho nervously orders over ono hundred Waterburys aro always afloat for New Zealand, Tho real strength of tho Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal ti keep anything but tlic correct time. Wc sometimes see" tickors "—we still bar them any other title—offered for sain which are really wondciful combinations. Tlioy not only exhibit tho whole of tho colestial bodies on their taeos, but keep time, or profess to, tell you tho state of tho monej market, the amount of anypni ticiilftr member's indebtedness at Mamy's.aud tho name of tho next Dank to reconstruct in Australia, Tho Waterbury docs not do tills. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing so.