A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4529, 21 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Watcrbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to exploro tho purlieus of the Continent for cheap interior " tickers"—we do not call them watcheswith which to "run the Watcrbury." Theso possess oue viltuo only- that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 percent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as thoy resemble tho Watcrbury in outward appearanco, style of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do we oare; we can make fivs shillings a watch more on Hum then wo can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watchc; can trust the Watcrbury, and the public requiring tho correct timo should sec that they get it. Tho gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling Bilver, aro handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties arc so well known that they require no furtbor recommendation. It is a pretty concoit for here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of tho" Nebuchadnezzar," tho" Millcnium," the" Gonbnug," or seme other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys arc always afloat for New Zealand, The real strenf ih othe Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes 6co" tickers "-we still bar them any other title—offered lor sal« which are really wondciful combinations. Thev not only cshibit the whole of tho celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you tho stato of the inonoy market, the amountofanyparticularmEmbcr's indebtedness at Bellamy's,and the name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The Watcrbury does not do this. It simply cepß correct time, and goes on doing so.