A PRETTY CONCEIT.
Tho enormous sales of the Waterbury have .'eel firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit io explore the purlieus o! the Continentfor oheap, inferior " tickers "—'to do not call them watcbeswitl. which io 'run tto Waterbury,' These possess ono virtuuonl.y—that of sbowingthe dealer a reiurn of some 150 per cent, on his out'ay. That they should keep tircois'a matter of no moment, so Jong asthoy voeemlile tho Waterbury in outward appei ancc, style of casing, etc., with sufficien closeness to deceive a careless or unwar purchaser. Firms doing this often say t as "What do we care; we canmako five a natch, more on them then wo can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring roliablo watches can tat the Waterbury, and tho publio requiring the correct time shi lid see that they get it. The gents' or .Mies' Waterbury, gold filled or in storling silver, are handsome, iuoxpensivo, and durablo; whilst tto nickel varioi'es aro so well known tl it tbey require no further rewmmo'idatioa. ! t .'s a pretty oo iceit '/or hero and iH.'e a s.r. y trafer to think H c imporis o.' tie " Nebi'chadnei.zjr," ilre " Mi' eu um," tho" Goobung," c sone otbor speo'aliy t"/ed raonsiro/./, has any effeci outfe ,/olevouvy m.rke., wb'lsi for erety wrioh ho ve vorsJy o.'ders ore.'Oioi hunured Waieru.u> are alwayufct fori Now Zealand 'j'bo real ol the Waterbury lies in i-j aVo uto in oilier wort's lis Ebso'.M re'usrltokeopanything but the co.'reOitVe. Ve coieinies seo " tickers '—we b' 'jl lar iVom iviy oiher title—offered 'or sp'e wt'eh aro really wonderful comlinaiioos." Tl-ey noi only cihibitthewbo eoiibooeWnl bodies on their faois, but keepv.ie, or pro'ess to.teli you tho stato of tbe mojoy mariiot, the amount of any pirt'ioulal member's indeb tedncss at Bellamy's, and tho name of the. next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, Tho Waterbury docs not do this, It simply eepa correct time and gcbi on doing so.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4718, 14 May 1894, Page 3
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334A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4718, 14 May 1894, Page 3
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