A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4647, 14 February 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers"—*e do not call them watohesivlth which to'run tho Waterbury.' These possess one virtuu only—that of showing the dealer a return of some 160 per cent, on bis outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, m long as thoy resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, stylo of casing, etc, with sufficient closeness to doceivo a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do wo caro; we can, make five shillings a watch, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that," Buyers requiring reliable watohes can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that thoy get it,. The gents'or ladies' Watorbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varietios arc so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," tho " Millcnium," tlio" Gonbung," or somo other specially titled monstrosity, lms any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand, Tbo real strength' of tho Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keop anything but the correct time. We sometimos see " tiokers"—we still bar them any other title —offered for Bale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whoie of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep time, or profess to,tell you the state of the money market, the amount of any pallidal member's indebcdness at Bellamy's, and the name ol tho nest Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this, It simply keeps correct time and goes on doing so.