A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 252, 24 October 1893, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Watorbury have led firms who do nob care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profib to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior " tickers "—we do nob call them watches—with which to " run the Waterbury." Tho«e poesesa one virtue only— 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, bo long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with eufficionb closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us, " What do we care ; we can make fivo shillings a watch more on them than we can on yours; and as to keeping time well, our troubles aboub that." Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust, the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive and durable • whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is ti pretty conceib for here and there a otray trader to think his imnorts of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the •• Millenium," the "Gonbung," or romelotber special y titled monstrosity, has any eftecO on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburvs are always afioat for New Zealand The real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other word its ab ß olnte refusal to keep anything bub the correcb time. We sometimes see «tckers''-we still bar them any other the next bank to reconstruct in Austral^ Thi» Waterbury does nob do tnis. *« .Jtaply SSi correct time, aid tm « .doing «•»--