A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4742, 8 June 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous sales of the Waterbury liavo lei firms who care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to oxploro the purlieus of the Continentfor ohcap, interior " tickers "—ne do not call them watches\yitl. which to'run tho Watorbury.' These possess one virtueonly—that of showingthe 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 reaeinblo tho Wntorbury in outward appearance, stylo of casing, eto., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser, Firms doing this often Bay to uts 11 What do we caro; we can make five shillings a watoli, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust tho Waterbury, and the public requiring tho correct time should sco that they get it. Tho gents'or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, nro liandsomo, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no furthe recommendation, It is a pretty conceit for here aud there astray trader to think his imports of tho "Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millemum,'. 1 . tho " Gonbuug," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are aiwayi afloat for New Zealand. Tho real strength of the .Waterbury lies in its absoluto reliability, in other words its absoluto refusal to keep anything but tho correct timo. We sometimes sto" tickers"- we still bar them any other title—offered lor salo which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whoie of the celestial bodies on their facts, but keep time, or profess to.teli you the stato of tho money market, the amount of any particulal member's indob tcdness at Bellamy's, and the namo of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this, It simply keeps correct time aud coos on doing so. •