A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4735, 1 June 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

. .The enormous sales of the Waterbury bavo led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at !a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of the Continentfor cheap, inferior " tickers "—we do not call them watches—will, whioh to 'run the Waterbury.'i These possess one virtuuonly—that of showing the dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay. That ■ they should keep time is a matter of no, moment, so long as they resoinbla tho Waterbury in outward appearI unco, styles! casing, i)to,, • with suißoient oloseness to deceive a careless or unwary poliftser, Firms doing this oiten sdy to us " What do we care; wo can mako five shillings a watch, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping (Ime, 'well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliablo wutohei can. trust tho Waterbury, and the public'requiring the correct time should see'that they get it; Tho 'gonts' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, ate handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varioties are so well known lhat thoy. requires no furtho recommendation. It is a pretty conceiMor here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millenium," the " Gonbung," or some nther Bpcoially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every wateh he nervously orders over one hundred Watorburys are always afloat for Sow Zealand.' Tho real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absoluto refusal to keep anything but tho correct time. We sometimes s. o" tickers"—we still bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. Thoy not only exhibit the whoie of tho celestial bodies on their facts, but keep timo, or profess to.teli you the state o! the money market, the amount.of any partioulal member's indeb teduess at Bellamy's, and tho name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does hot do this; It simply cops correct time and s ' v |oing so. .