A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4739, 6 June 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Hie enormous sales of tlio Watorbury havo led linns who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus ot the. Coutinentfor cheap, inferior " tickers "--vo do uot call them watcheswitl. which to'run the Waterbury.' Those possess one vitluc only—that ot showing tho 1 dealer a return of'some 150 per cent, on his ■ outlay. That they should keep time is V matter ot no moment, so long as they re-: senitte tho Waterbury in outward appearance, style ot casing, etc., with suQicient 1 closeness to deceivo a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to [ us" What do we care; we can make five shillings a; watoh,.m6re,on;thom then wo . can on yours; and as to keopiug time, well, our troubles about that," Buyersrccjuiring I reliable watch*, can trust the Waterbury, i and the public requiring tho correct time slioakl see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterlmry, gold tilled or in sterling silver, are handsome; inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties arc so , well known that they require no fnrtbo ! recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for , here, and there.a stray trader to think his ' imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," the '. " Millcn.um," the " Gonbung," or some "thcr specially tilled monstrosity, has any ■ effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for , every wateh he nervously orders ovor one hundred Watcrburys are alwayi afloat tor New Zealand. The real.strength.ot the Waterlmry lies in its absolute rcliabllity.in ■ other words its absolute refusal to keep anything hut tho concct limo. We sometimes S'-o" tickers" •wo still bar them any other titlo—ofTercd for sale which aro really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit tho whoie of tho celestial. bodies on their tacis, but keep time, or protess to.teli yon tho state ot the mouoy market, the amount ot any particuial member's indeb tcdncss at Bellamy's, and tho name ot tho next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury docs not do'this.' It simply keeps correct time and rocs on doing so,