A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4698, 18 April 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbury have led linns who do not ewe lor a steady turnover nt a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Contuiontfor cheap, interior " tickers"—-*o do not call them watcheswill, whioh to'run the Waterbury.'. These possess one virtuuonly—tliat of tho denier a return of somo 150 per cent. «n Ins outlay. That they should keep time is a matter o! no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, style of c'asiuj, etc., with suflicicnt closeness to deceive a careless or unwary pu<clmser, Firms doing this often say to us" What do we care; we can make five shillings a watoh, 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'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties nro so well known that they require no further recommendation. )ti« a prel.y conceit for here and there a siray trader to think his imports of tho "Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millcn.um," the " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst fop every watch ho nervously ordors over one hundred Waterburys are alway3 afloat for New Zealand, The veal strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes) Sfo" tickers"—wo still bar them any other title-offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations, Thoy not onlj exhibit the whoie of the celestial bodies on their facts, hut keep time, or profess lo.tcli you the state of the money market, the amount of any particulal member's indeb: tcdncss at Bellamy's, and the namo of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The Waterbury does not do this. It simply hoops correct time and goeson doing so,