A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4720, 16 May 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales ol the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a stead) turnover at a legitimate profit to explore thi purlieus of the Continentfor oheap, inferioi " tickers" do not call thorn watabeswitl. which to 'run tho Waterbury.' Thesi possess ono virtueonly—that ot showing thi dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on hi outlay. That they Bhould keep time is'i matter of no moment, so -long as they re ramble the Watorbury in outward appea mice, style of casing, etc., with suDicicu closeness to deceive a careless or unwar purchaser, Firms doing this often say i ub " What do wo care; we can make five shillings a watch, move on them then we can on yours; and as.to keepmg time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watohes can trust tho Waterbury, and tho publio requiring the correct time should seo that they get it. The gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or hi sterling rilvcr, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so well knoivn that tbey require no further recommendation. His a prety conceit for hero aid there a stray trader to think his import oS tho " Nebnobadne2zar," the " Mi!'ea.um, rt the " poobvraj;," or some otter arjeo'cJly titled moDsirosiiy, bus any effect oh'the Wnterbu.jrinari.ei, whilst for every wruh ho ne'yvotis'y ofders ofpr one hundred Waierbiirys" aj'e alivaynftqat (or Now Zealand, The reals; eagih of the Waterbury llen'in its absolute reliability, in oilier words its absolute re-.i'sal to koep any. thin; but the correoittme. We sometimes see " tickers" -wo siill bar them any other til'o-offeed for sa'o which aro really woadeu'ul combinations. They not only eihib't the wbo'c of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep time, or profess to.te'u you the sWe of the money market, the amount of any particulal member's indeb tcdness at Bellamy's, and the name of the nest Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply ceps correct Uue and oces on doing so.