A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4710, 4 May 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Waterkry have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Continentfor cheap, inferior " tickers "-vo do not call them watcheswitl. which to 'run the Waterbury.' These possess one virtuoonly—that of showhjgthe dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on Ins outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with sufficient oloscness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us" What do we care; we can make five shillings a "watch, move on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watohes can trust tho Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they get it. Tho gents' or ladies' Waterbury„gold filled or in sterling silver, ate handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is a prettytoncoit for here and there astray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuohadnezzar," tho " Millonium," tho " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on tho Waterbury market, whilst for every watch ho nervously orders ovor ono hundred Waterburys aro always 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 see " tickers"—wo still bar them any other title-offered for salo whioh are really wonderful combinations. They not only oihibit tho whole of the celestial bodies on their facis, but keeptime,,or profess to.tell you tho state of the monoy market, thel amount of any partioulal member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the Dame of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not .do this. It simply keeps correct tunc and soes on doing so.