A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4691, 10 April 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales ol the Watorbury liavo led firms who do not core for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieu sol the Contlncntlor oheap intorlor " tickers"—ue do not call them watoheswitl.whiohto'runthe Watorbury.' These possess ono virluuonly—that ot showing the dealer a return oi some ISO per cent, on h;s outlay, That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as tboy resemble tho Waterbury in outward appearance, stylo oi casing, cLo., with BuMent closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser, Finns doing this' ofien say to us "What do wo care; we can make five shillings a watoh, more on thorn then we can on yours j and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers toyiring reliable watohes can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring tho correct time should see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Watorbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst tho nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and thero a stray trader to think his imports of tho " Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millemum, 1 the " Gonbung," or somo other specially • tit'ed monstrosity, has any effect on tho Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders ovor one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for Now Zealand. Tho real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute rolus&llo keep anything but tho correct time, We sometimes s;e" tickerß"-wo still bar them any other title-offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations, They net only exhibit tho whole of the celestial bodies on their facia, but keep time, or profess to.teli you the state of tho money mr.rket, the amount of any particulal member's indebtedness, .at Bellamy's, and tho name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The Waterbury does not do this. Itßimply keeps correct time and goes on doing bo,