A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4531, 23 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tlio enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not eare for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior " tickera"—wo do nol call them watchos—with which to "run the Waterbury." These possess one viituo only- that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 percent, on his outlay. That they should keep timo is a matter of no moment, so long as they resomble the AYatcrlrary in outward appearance, stylo oi casing, oto,, with sullioicnt closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us" What do we care; wo can make fivo shillings a watch moro on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping timo, well, our troubles about that." Buyors requiring reliablo watches can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct timo should see that they set it. Tho gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling Bilver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst tho uickcl varieties are so well known that tlicy require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to j think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," tho" Millenium," tho "Gonbung," or seme other specially titled monstrosity, has anyj effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch ho nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand, Tho real atrerif th otho Watorbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct iinie, We sometimes see" tickers' -wo still bar them any other title-offered for sale which are really wondeiful combinations, Thev not only exhibit the wholu of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you the state of the money market, the auiountof anyparticular rasmber's indebtedness at Bellamy's,and the name of tho nest Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do t&is. It simply cops correct time, and goes on doing so.