A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4706, 30 April 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterkryl have led 'firms who donot careior a'steady turnover at a legitimate profit toexplorethe porlieus of tho inferior "•tickers "-ne do hot call them watcheswltt. whioh to 'run the Waterbnry.' These j possess one'virtueonly—that of snowing the I dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on lijs i outlays That they should i keep time is a 1 matter of no moment, so long as they re> semble the'Waterbtuy in outward appearaflce/ stylo of wising, etc, wllhsufflolent, oloseness -to deceive'a'toelesaorunwary j pr'ohaEe'r. Firms doing this often say to us" What do we cue; we eta mike five'

shillings a watch, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watoheo can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should sec that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nlokel varieties are bo well known thai ihey require no further recommendation, It is a pretty conceit for here and there astray trader to think Lis imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the! "Mlllenium," the " Qonbung," or Borne other Bpeoially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for ever? watoh he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for Now Zealand, Tho teal strength ol the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but tho correct time, We sometimes see" ticW-we still bar them any other title-offered for salo which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit tbe whole of the celestial bodies on their fans, but keen time, or profess to.teli you the state of the money market, the amount of any partioulal member's Indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the neit Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not. do this, It simply keeps correct time and goes on doing so,

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