THE DOWNFALL OF A HUMBUG.
Tho dp,y of tho "cheap Swiss Watch" has gone by. It is ill fitting- roughly mado, not interchangeable), and when once out of order, rarely, if evor, susceptible of satisfactory repairs. Tho country has boon Hooded with tlioso implements, but, gigantic as this importation has been, they must yield to the superior merits of American watches. Tho very first watch produced by the Watorbu,vy Watch Company sounded tho death knell of tho Swiss atrocities. In 1889 tho battle had been won, and tho day of unreliable timepieces practically minibored. Tho modern David of American genius and accuracy has, by force of iutrinaio merit, caused tho downfall of tho .Swiss Philistine of cheap horological humbug. For Continuation of Nows oeo Pago 4.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 776, 19 July 1890, Page 3
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126THE DOWNFALL OF A HUMBUG. North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 776, 19 July 1890, Page 3
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