A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 224, 21 September 1893, Page 6

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tjik enormous ualoa of tho Waterbury havo led Grms who do nob caro for a Bteady turnover at a legitimate profit) to explore tho purliourf of tho Continent for cheap iv- ( ferior " tickers " —wo do not call them watches—with which to " run tho Waterbury." Tho»o possess one virtue only— fchab of shoeing the dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moraouo, so long as they resemble tho Waterbury iti outward appearance, stylo of casing, etc., with sufficient) closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing tbia often say to ÜB, " What do we caro ; we can make fivo shillings a watch moro on them than wo can on yours; and as to keeping timo well, our troubles about that." Euyers requiring roliable watches can trust tho VVaterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should sea that they got it. Tho gonts' or ladies' VVaterbury, gold filled or in sterling Bilver, are hnndsomo, inexpensive and Jurablo; whilsb the nickol varieties are so well known thab they require no further recommondation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of tho "Nsbuchadnezzar," the "Millenium," the "Gonbung,"or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect! on the Waterbury mnrkelf, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys are always afloat for Now Zealand. Tho real fltrength of tho Waterbury lies in its absoluto reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything bub tho correct time. We sometimes see " tickers "—we still bar them any other bitle—offered for salo which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit tho whole of bho celestial bodies on their faces, but keop time, or profess to, tell you the state of tho money market, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, find bho namo of the soxb bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Watorbury doos nob do this. Id simply keeps correct) timo. and goes on doing so.