A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 March 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbury havo led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit, to explore the purlieus of the Continent for oheap interior " tickersve do not call them watcheswith which io : nm tho Waterbury.'' These possess one virtue only—that oi slowing the dealer a return of somo 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is i, matter ot no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, eto.,. with sufficient closeness to deceive a careles3 or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to os " What do we caro; we can mcko 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 watches can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they get it. The gents'pr ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so woll known that they require no lurther recommendation. ft is a pretty Ponccit lot here and there a stray trader to think his inprts of {hp " thg " Millenium," tho 11 Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for overy watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are alway? afloat for New Zealand, Tho teal strength of tho Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but tho correot time, W'e sometimes s« "tiokers"—we Btill bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinationi. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep tinio, or profess to,tell you the state of the money market, the amount of any partloulal member's indeb"; tedncss at Bellamy's, and the name of thje nest Dank to reconstruct in Australia, Th'p Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time and goes on doing so.