A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4626, 19 January 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Wnterbury have led firms who do not oare for a steady turnevcr at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"-we do notctU ihem watches—with which 'o "run ihe Waterbury." These possess c-e :. :c oaly~-hat of showing the defllera.e>m yrae , JO per cent. on his outlay, 'i'has :'-«y tfosld kcap tine is & matter of no .Muent, so long as they resembletho Wf.s"'ou:y 'n oufcard ancec:aucc, siyle of • Knj, e.a., w:'.ih sn-noient closeness to '-i - 'e e i*...eles3 or unwary ! purchaser. Fhas coiig this ofrensavto us •• What do we ;ve; «a can make five hillings a watch, :jq on them then we Ban on yo-is; and io keeping time, well, our troub'.es about r.r.i." Buyers requiring reliable waiehe; o?n trust the Waterbury, and the pub'.:o reovirinj tho correct time should see :flti .hey j,e! ii, Tho gents' or ladles' Wafertey, gold or in sterling silver, are hr.M.iie, inexpensive, and dirable; wliiK .honickel'fMieties are so woll known :'iai ahey veu .i.'eno further rewmmo idas'ou. It is ?. jnsUj conceit for hove Mid there a strey ctc ar lo think his imports o! iho "Neiaobadneasar," ibe " IJilien.um," iho " Gon'onng," oc some oiher speeMiy tiSled has kij effect ou the Waterbury miriet, whita for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Water'uurys aroalwayj afloat for New Zealand, Tho teal strength oiihe Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in oiher words its absolute refusal lb keep anything but the coneot time. Wo Sometimes seo " tickers"—wo s ill bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. Thoy not only | exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their faeis, but keep time, or profess to,tell you the state of tho money market, the ataount of any p&rllculal member's indebtedness at' Bellamy's, and the name of tho next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The ■Mtfyirydoes.not do this. It simply goes ondoiug so.