A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4525, 16 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho cnoraioaa Gales ol the Watcrbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitima'c, profit to explore tho purlieus til the Contin htfor cheap inferior "UcW-i-we do not coll them watohes—with which to "run tho Wnteibury." These possess ono viitue only—that of showing tho dealer a return of some 150 percent, on his outlay. That they should keep time Is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, stylo of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive p. careless or unwary s purchaser, Firms doing-this often say to [us"Wha|do.W« cM9j W8 oanmake. fiyg

i shillings a watch mora on them then wo oau on yours; and us to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers repring ' reliable watcher can trust tho Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct timo shonld seo that they got it, Tho gents' or Indies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are hauclsome, inexpensive, ami durable; whilst the atekel varieties ore so well kno'.m that thoy require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for hero ha\ there a stray trader to think his i-nports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the" Millenium," tho " Gonbung," or seme other specially titled monstrosity, has nuy ollccl on tho Waterbury marM, whilst for overy watch ho nervously orders over one hundred Watorburys aro always afloat for New Zealand. The real strength of the Wnicrbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its nbsoluto refusal to keep anything bat tho coivect time. Wo sometimes see "tickers "—we Btil l bnr them any other title-offered for sila which nro really wondeiful combinations. Thoy not only exhibit the wholo of the celestial liodiei on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell ■ you the state of the mono) market,-the naiouiit ofany particular number's Indebtedness at Bcllamy's.nndtho name uf the next Bank 'to reconstruct in Australia. The Watorbury docs not do this. It simply keeps correct timo, and goes on doi flg