A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 208, 2 September 1893, Page 2

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Wafcertmry have led firms who do nob care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profib to explore the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior " tickers "—wo do nob call them watches—with which to "run the Waterbury." Those possess one virtue only— thab of showing the dealer a return of come 150 per cent, on his outlay. Thab they should keep time is a matter of no moment, bo long as they resemble the Watarbury in outward appearance*,- flfcylo of casing, etc., with sufficienb closeness to doceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing thia ofben say to us, " What do we care ; we can mako fivo shillings a watch more ou them than we can on yours; and as to keeping time well, our troubles aboub that." Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Wuterbury, and tho public requiring the correct time should ccc thah they get it. The gents' or ludien' Wacerbury, gold filled or in storling Bilvor, are hnntleome, inexpensive and durable ; whibb tho nickel varieties are so well known thab tbey require no further recommendation. Ib is a pretty conceib for hore: and there a stray trader to think his imports of the "Wobuchadnezzar," tho "Millenium," tho " Gonbung," or Borne other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the "VVaterbury markeb, whilsb for ovory watch he nervously orders ovoroue hundred AYaterburys are always ofloab for New Zealand. The real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correcb time. We sometimes 86a " tickers " —we still bar them any other title—offered tor sale which are really wonderful combinations. They nob only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodios oa their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell yon tho state of the money markeb, tho amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the next bank to reconstruct) in Australia, Thß Waterbury doos nob do this. l!i simply keeps correct) time, and goes oo