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A PRETTY CONCEIT.

| Tho cuornious sales of tho Watcrbury havo led firms who do not care for a steady 1 turnover al a legitimate profit to explore tho i purlieus ot the Continentfor oheap, interior , " tickers "—-so do not call them watches—- . will, which t > 'run the Waterhnry.' These ' possess one vivtußOiily—that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on h[s ■ outlay. That they should keep time is a i mutter ot no moment, so loug as they re- , A'niblo the Watevbury in outward appearr auce, style of casing, etc., with sufficient uloscness to deceive a careless or unwary ' purchaser. Firms doing this otten say to i us "What do we caro; we caa mako 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 watchei can trust the Waterbury, , and the publio requiring the correct time 3 should see that they get it. The gents' or j. ladies' Waterbury, go'd filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and 1 durable; whilst the niciel varieties are so i well known lhat they require no furthe recommendation, It is a pretty conceit foi here and there a stray trader to think his imports ot the " Nebuohadnezzar," the " Mil'emum," tho " Gonbung," or some ether specially titled monstrosity, has anj 5 effect on tho Waterbury market, whilst foi _ every watch ho nervously orders over one ■ hundred Waterburys are alwayi afloat for New Zealand. The teal strength of the ; Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absoluto refusal to keep any- ' thing but the correct timo, We sometimes ; see ,r, tickcrs"-we still bar them any other • title-offered for sale which .are really ■ wondertnl combinations. They not only , exhibit tho whole of the celestial bodies on their facis, but keep time, or profess to,teli [ you the state ot the money market, the ! amount of any p&rtioulal member's indeb tcdnees at Bellamy's, and tho name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The Waterbury does not do this. It simply eeps correct timeandcoeson doing so,

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4728, 23 May 1894, Page 3

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A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4728, 23 May 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4728, 23 May 1894, Page 3

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