A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4527, 19 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous snles of tbo Waterbury have leil firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate prolit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—wo do not call them watches—with which to "run the Waterbury." These possess oneviitue only-that of showing the dealer a return of some 550 percent, on his outlay, That they should keep time is a matter ol no moment, so long as tliey resemble tlio Waterbury in outward appearauce, style of casing, etc., with sufficient oloscness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do wo c.ire; wo can moke five shillings n watch more on them then wc can on yours; and r.s to keeping time, we!!, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable w*tohe» can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that t'uey get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold fil'ed'or in sterling silver, aro handsome, and durable; white the nickel varieties arc so weil known that thoy require no further recommendation It is a pretty conceit for he/e aud the/c a siray trader to think his .'uports o! .hB" NcU'.cbadueizar," the" Millenium," the •' f oabuuy," or s:mc oiher specially iit'itl mo;isivo:iij f bns any elleol on the Wa.evbivy matte., v/bi.'ji for every watch he nervoiw'y ovders over one hundred Waierbmys ate a'.ivays afloat for New Zea'ant 1 .. Tho real sireagih of the Waterbury lies in its rbso'uie re'iability, in oiher wordsi.s »bso!i..e rei'ui.v* u> keep anything bet iho coneo. i'nie. Wc sooiclimoa see "i'olers"—■wesJ'.i bar ihomauy other tit'e—oJfered for m!« which arc really wondeifu*. combinp.. : o'.is, They no; only osbibit the whole o! the celcslla! bodies on tbeii' faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you the siate of the monoy ma-ket, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's,tind the name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It eimply ceps correct time, and goes on doing so.