WHAT BECOMES OF THE WATERBURY?

Press, Volume L, Issue 8596, 25 September 1893, Page 2

WHAT BECOMES OF THE WATERBURY?

This is a question often asked by the j trade who sell, and the public who buy ! them ; and no one so far as we know 1 seems ready with the answer. Bttore the arrival of the Bake of:.Devonshire 120,000 Waterburys had been sold in New Zealand; SOOO more were burat at tn°. Gape on the Raahine; the Tekoa landed 28Sd % all sold to arrive, and delivered lo dealers who had been out of stock for two or- three months; and this lot is followed bv2SSO more in the Elinor vernon, due in a month, and by two other shipments to arrive before Christmas. What becomes of these watches? The census shows an adult male population of 95,000 only, and it is undoubtedly the highest tribute ever paid to any watch that its sale in six years has exceeded the adult male population of the colony by about a third, without in the least decreasing its demand. "We have had bare markets for many months, and our inability to supply the trade has given a filip to many rubbishy imitations imported by firms who will not be content with a reasonable profit. Now that permanent suDUlies arc again obtainable, kimUy sec that when calling for a Waterbary you are supplied with the corrrcr, vratcb, and plainly tell any trader offering you a substitute that you do not wish to b? imposed upon. Any dealer attempting substitution is doing so for the sake of excessive profits, and not because his watch is equal to the "W aterbury, or because he cannot now get the correct thing. The Waterbury is firstclass value; that is why so many unprincipled hucksters endeavour to oppose it with cheaper, jerry built stock. In tha latter case their profits are regulated only by their own avarice, whilst with the Waterbury, the price is fixed by us, and we see that our agents sell at such a price that persons buying can rely on first-class value. We stock the parts necessary for repairing, and by arrangement with a leading jeweller in each city, ensure economical and satisfactory repair when necessary.