A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4668, 13 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 tho Continent for oheap inferior "tickers"—wo do not call themwatoheswith whioh to 'run the Waterbury. 1 These possess one virtueonfy-that of showing the dealer a return of some ISOpor cent, on his outlay, That they Bhould keep time'is a matter of no moment, so long as they resomblo tbe Waterbury in outward appearanco, stylo of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness td dccci\c a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do wo care; 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 requirina reliable watche; can trust the Waterbur and the public requiring the correct tin should see that they get it, The gents' < ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in eterlii silver, are handsome inexpensive, at durable; whilst ihe niokel varieties are 1 well knowa tbat they require no furthi recommendation. It is a pretty conceit f< hero and there a stray trader to think h imports of tbe "Nebuohadnezzar," tl ".MUlenium," tho " Gonbung," or 6on other specially tilled monstrosity, has ar effect on the Waterbury market, whilst fi every waich he nervously' orders ovor 01 hundred Waterburys aro always afloat f( New Zealand. Tho real strength of tt Waterbury lies in its absoluto reliability, i other words its absoluto refusal to keep anf thing but tho correot time We sometimes see " tickers"—we still bar them any other title-offered for salo which are really wonderful combinations." They not only cihlbit the whoio of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep time, or profess to,toll you the state of tho money market, the amount of any partioulal member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the' next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The Waterbury does not do this, It simply keeps correct time and noes on doing so,