A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4672, 17 March 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous i ales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitii nate profit to oxplore the purlieus of tho Con tincnt for cheap interior " tickers "—ve do not call them watches—with whioh to 'run iho Watorbury. 1 . These possess ono virtuuo nly—that of showing tho dealer a return of s ime 15(1 per cent, on his outlay. That thoy should keep time is a matter of no momont, so long as thoy rescmblo tho Waterbi iry in outward appearance, style of cash ig, cto,, with sufficient closeness to decei re a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this, often say to us "What do wo cire; wocanmako five shillings a watch, more on them then we can on yours i.and is to keeping time, well, our doubles about t hat." Buyers requiring reliable watches ca a trust the Waterbury, and tho publiorequiring the correct time should see that thoj get it.. The' gents' or ladies'Waterbury, ;old filled or in sterling silver, are handsumo, inexpensive, and durable; whilst th< nickel varieties aro so well known that ; hoy. require no. further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a s ray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," tho " Millenium," the " Oonbung," or some other speoially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Watetbiiry market, whilst for ovory watch ho nervously orders over one hundred Waterbuiws are alwaj3 ailoat for New Zealand. Thin real strength: of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute rofußal to keep anything but tho correot time. . We sometimes see" tiokers'.'—we still bar them any other title—oflored for halo whioh are really wonderfd combinations. They not Only oihiblt the whole ol the celestial, bodies on their facts, btit'kedn time, or profess to',tell you tho state of the money market, the amount of any pajtloulal member's indob; teaness at Bellamy's, and the name of the nekt'Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Wliterbury does not do this.' It simply koops correct time lind goes on doiDg so,