A PRETTY CONCEIT.
The enormous sales ot the Waterbury haye led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continent for oheap inferior " tiokers "~n do not call them watoheswitli which to'run the Waterbury.' 1 These possess ono virtue only—that of showing tho dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter ot no moment, so long as thoy roscnible the Waterbury in outward appeartince, style of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us" What do we care; we can make five shillings a wtltob.more on them then wo 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 time should see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' 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 his imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the "Millenium," the "Gonbnng," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watuh he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are alway3 afloat for New Zealand. Tho real strength of the Waterbnry lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but tho correot time. We sometimes see" tickers"-we still bat them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keoptime, or profess to,tell you the state of tho money market, the amount of any partioulal member's indebtedness .at Bellamy's, and tho same of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time and goes on doing so,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4662, 2 March 1894, Page 3
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341A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4662, 2 March 1894, Page 3
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