A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4523, 14 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of tho Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at ft legitimate profit to oiploro the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—we do not call tbem watches—with which to "run the Waterbury," Thcso possess one vhtue only- that of showing the dealer a return of eodic 150 percent, on his outlay. That they should kcop t : .:no is a matter of no mnmeni, to long as ihey resornltle the Walcrbiiry in outward appearance, style Of casing, c,o„ with sufficient closeness to I'eceive a cate'eES or unwary puioharer. Finns doing ibis o'ten say (o us "What do wo cave; wecranirko five shillings a waich move oa them then we can on yoara; and as to keeping li-no, wo!), our iwb'fis about ifcat,' Euycvs requiring rcliab'e watched can lrust the Waterbury, and the public rairihjj the correct time should sec thai they gel ii. 'IKo gents'or ladies' Waterbury, go'd fi'led or in sterling silver, are handcome, inexpensive, and durable; whilsi the nickel varieties arc so well inpwn (bat ihey require no further rccompienj'ation. It is a pretty conceit for here aid there a- stray trader to think his imports oi tho" MuchadDozs.nr," tho" Mi'lcuium," tho" Gonbung," or scrno other speoially titled mooßtrosity, ks any effeot on the Waierbury market; whilst for every wa-ch bo nervous'y orders over one hundred JVo/ierbura are always afloat for Hew Zea'ario!, Tp real sirongth of.ihe Waterbury lies in ii.sijbsolpie reliabiHiy, h other wordsiis 4jjo'r'fl"k?ii4 f» keep anything bui the correqi iime.. Wo ggrnejjrM '-re sti 1 ) bar {bom any plner title—offered for «tl« which' are really ■woadeilul combinations. They not 'only nbjbit (bo whole oi ttc coltstiw Wcß OB

; their Jaoes,-but keeptlme, or profess, to.tcll youtbe stato Of (he mono) market, the amount of any particular member's indebted-' - ness at Beliamy's,and the name of tho next Bank to reconstruct- in Australia. The Watcrbury docs not do ..this,. ; It simply \ keeps correct time, and goes ou doing-so.