BEYOND COMPETITION.
The Waterbury Watches take from rank as "the timekeepers of the day* They are not "English levers" raade Jβ Geneva, and puffed into notoriety- to enforce sales and ensure disappointment. The factory, which Iβ now turning <w over half a million of these watches pel annum—a production larger than thftC 01 any other watch company in the wori*ie etill unable to keen, pace with the Qemand, and has now extended its opratlons into the very heart of the cheap watchmaking territory on the continent of Europe where ie successfully compel® 3 with these "English levers ,r on equ&J terms. These are no idle boaats, bat stubborn facts, and we challenge the refaction of these assertions. The Waterborya (series E, J and L) are only nickel-plated watches sold at a low figure, bat they gej their reputation from live puroaofera sn» not the owners of dead stock. They are far more reliable timekeepers thaa niu* of the jewelled-all-over-patent-hancock , go-as-you-please-back-action-haf r - taw®* - j compensated - lock - stitch - burglar - bstH ; made in Switzerland and Germany, an« ; sold as English lovers. The Waterbori , Watches have nothlnpr to fear torn rto* j cuie, no dread of exposure. They *" s simply what they claim to be, and acts | | may be obtained from any dealer or storekeeper throughout the coio , , « nies. Prices-Series E, the old favor to, /; g 13e U ; Series J (genta' siaa) and h 0a«* c . / i size), the new short-winding, stem-winu \, his, and setting marvels. 22a 0d each, ff« watch sold as a Wafcerbury is genuine, without the word Watkbbtjut -and ca« interwoven lectera W. W. Co. prf at , ed ft \s fine type upon its dial face. % ho gsg agents for Canterbury—Messrs &/*?£* and Co., and Ashley, Bergn and Christchurcbv
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7868, 20 May 1891, Page 2
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287BEYOND COMPETITION. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7868, 20 May 1891, Page 2
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