A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4534, 27 September 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tlie enormous sales ol Hid Waterhury have led finns w)io do not care for a steady turnsver at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—wo ilo uct call them watches—with which to "run the Wntcrbury." These possess onovhtuo only- that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 percent, on his outlfiy. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as thoy resemble tho Waterbury in outward appearance stylo of casing, etc, with sufficient closeness to deccivo a careless of unwary purchaser. Firms doing this olten say to us "What do we care; wo can make fivo shillings a watch more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." JJuycrsrerjuiring reliable walob.es can trust tho Waterbury, and tho peblio requiring tho correot time should seo that they get It. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, aro handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst tho nickel varieties aro 60 we'l known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of tho" Nebuchadnezzar," tho" Millcnium," tho" Gonhunj," er s:mo other specially tilled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury marM; wliilst for every watch fcc nervously orders over oiie hundred Waterburya aro always afloat for New Zealand. The real strenf th otho Watcrbiuy lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal It keep anything hut tho correct time. Wo sometimes seo ■' tickets "-M s(i|l bar fhem any other title-offered for sain which arc really syondoifnl combinations. Thov not only exhibit tho whole of tho colcstial bodies;on their faces/but keep.time, or profess' to; toll yon the state; of ilie ■money-niarket, the araountoranypartlcularifljnifoVsindebtedriesß at Beliamy'e.andtte naros'frf thenext. Bank' to. reconstrdbt iin ; Australia;.The not do this. K. slniply iyitilm thai jnd gou so 4oiug so,x-