A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 68, 20 March 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do nob care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit bo explore the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior " tickers" —wo do nob call thena watches—with which to " run the Waterbury." These possess) one virtue only— thab of showing the dealer a return of some 150 per C6nb. on his outlay. Thab they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble tho Waterbury in outward appearance, style of casing, etc., with suificionb closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing thia often say to ua, «' What do v/e caro ; we can make five shillings a watch more on them than wo 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 tho correct timo should see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling Bilver, are handsome, inexpensive and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known thab bhey require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceib for hero and bhere a stray brader to think his imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the **Millenium," the "Oonbung," or some other epecially titled monstrosity, has any eflecb on the Waterbury markeb, whilst; for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburvs are always afloat for New Zealand The real strength of bhe Waterbury lies 'in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything bub the correct time. We sometimes see ••tickers"—we still bar them any other title-offered tor sale which are really wondorful combinations. They nob only exhibit the wholo of the celcsb.al bodies on tbtL* faces, but keep time, or profess to. Jell you tho state of the money market, tha .mount of any particular members mdebtednew at Bellamy's, and the name of ?he next bank to reconstruct in Australia Tha Waterbury does neb do this. v dimply keepo correct time. a«d *oe_ oa doinc: ao. .