A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4724, 18 May 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales ol tbo Waterbury have led linns who do not caro for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continenttor cheap, inferior " tickets "—llO do not call them watches—witl, which to'run the Waterbury.' These ptißsoss.onti .virtue of showing tho dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay, That they should keep timo is a matter of no moment, so long as they rc soluble the Waterbury in outward unpen unco, stylo oi casing, clo., with Eullicion closeness to deceive a careless or unwar purchaser. Firms doing this often say t us "What do wo care; wo eaumr.ko live shillings a watch, more on them then wo can ou yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that," Buyers requiring reliable watchea can trust tho Waterbury, and the public requiring tho 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 are so well known ihat they require no furthe recommendation, It is a protty conceit for here and thore a stray trader to think his imports of tho " Ncbuohadnezzar," tho " Millcn.um," the "Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect ou tho Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders ovor one huudrcd Waterburys are always afloat for New Zealand. Tbo real strength oi tho Waterbury lies iu its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes ste" tickers"—we still bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful-combinations. They not only exhibit the whoio of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep timo, or profess to.te'ii you the state of tho money market, the amount ot any particuln] member's iudeb tcdness at Bellamy's, and tho name of the next Bank to reconstruct iu Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply ceps correct timo and goes on doing so,