A PRETTY CONCEIT.
The enormous sales of the Waierhury have led firms who do not oarefor a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Continent foroheap inferior " tickers ■we do not call them watcbes—with which to 'run the Waterbury.' These possess one virtue only—that ot showing the dealer & return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter ol no moment, so long as they resemble the Watcrbtiry in outward appearance, 6tyle of casing, eto,, with suffiolent closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us " Wbat do we care; we can make five shillings a watch, more on thorn then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct timo should see that they get it. The gents'or ladles' Waterbury, gold filled or In sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the "Millenium," the "Oonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst lor every watch ho nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand. Tho real strength ot the Waterbury lies In its absolute reliability, In other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but tho corieot time. We sometimes Bee" tickers"-we still bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations, They not only eihibit the whoie of the oelestial bodies on their facts, but keep timo, or profess to,tell you the state of toe money market, the amount of any particulal member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Watorbury does not do this, It simply keeps correct time and goes on doing so,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4629, 25 January 1894, Page 3
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339A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4629, 25 January 1894, Page 3
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