A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 468, 3 April 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

i : The 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; V.tlolnn "—ve do not call them.watches-:: wltt, whioh to 'run the Waterbury. l These possess onevirtueonly—that, of shoragthe dealer a return ol some 150 per cent, on hjs outlay. .That they should keep time is a matter o( no moment, so long as they resemblo the Waterbury,in outward appearance, style of casing, 0i0.,, with BuXUoient closeness to deceivo Vcara'esa or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this say to us''' What do wo caro; we oan make fiye shillings, a watch, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time,'.well, our troubles about that," Buyers requiring reliable watohej con trust,the Waterbury, and the publio 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 ore so well known ;that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for hero and there a stray trader to ihlnk his imports of the " Nobuohaduezzar," the " Millenium," the " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously, orders over.one hundred Waterburjs are always afloat, for New Zealand. The real strength: o! the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability; in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. -We sometimes see" tiokers"-we still bar them any other title—offered for salo whioh are. really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the .whole of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep time, or profess to.teli you the state of tho money,market,the amount of any particulal member's indeb-. tednees at Bellamy's, and the name of the' next Bank to reconstruct in Australia; The Waterbury does not do this, It simply keepscorrect time and eces on doing so, ■