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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9537, 24 November 1893, Page 4

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The euotmom sales of the W*v torbuiy have led firms who do not om>e "' > Sy uto-over at a legitimate pro. fit to pvnlore the pnrlieus of the Continon » ™J nheao inferior " thkers"-we do nofe c»U ff "ateU-with which to "tun- the Watebnrr." These possess one virtu 8 onfylthat of hhowioe the dealer a rettm of some 150 per ceuO ou his outlay. Tb«rt they Sould keep time is a matter of no. y l u> lou" as they resemble tue \ reliable watches can trt^ 1 . *•» ™"7lme and the public requiring *» c0 T r _ c . cb o "^ should see thab they get ™ gents or ladies' Waterbury, gola ,™i!* ".." sterling silver, are handsome, » n ? x v p a e ti etleß anddutaWe; whilst the nicke. 1 ,™es are so well known that they re/* v » re J?° iurther recommendation. It is a ?«**£ oonceib for heie and there a stray i-;?"? to think hia imports of the " Nebuch »*• nezzar," the "Millenium," the "Go^ bung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Water, bury market, whilst for every watoh he nervously orders over one hundred Waterbnrys are always afloat for New Zealand. The real strength of the Waterbury lies In its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything bat the correct time. We sometimee see "tickers"— we still bar them any other title— offered for sale which are really wonderful combinations. They nob only exhibit) the whole of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess tc, tell you the state ot tbe money marset, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamys', and the name of the next bank to reconstruct In Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing se. ""