A WONDERFUL WATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7922, 14 April 1887, Page 6

A WONDERFUL WATCH.

THE CORRECT TIME FOR THIRTEEN AND SIXPENCE. Oke of the chief signs of the progress of the age in which we live is the rapid improvement of machinery, and its tendency to cheapen the requirements of modern life. Pilty years ago, for instance, only a rich man could own a watch, and the majority of mankind were obliged to calculate the time by the sun's altitude, the village dial in the old churchyard, or a generation farther back, by the hour-glass. Today, however, the importance of time obtains a wider recognition—not only as a convenience or a luxury, but as the absolute essence of business, and a reliable timekeeper is a primary requisite alike of the merchant and his clerk, the employerand the employee, the schoolmaster and ■ the pupil, the young and the old, the rich i and the poor. A timepiece of some sort is i positively indispensable. Only a jewelled i I watch timed to split the seconds is a luxury, i A good, serviceable, reliable watch is a necessity—the first requisite of social and business life and such a one is the Water I bury, the cheapest and most reliable watch in the world. The Waterbury is so cheap that everybody can afford to own one, and its cheapness arises from the supreme simplicity of its construction. Becau&e it it cheap, however don't regard it as a toy 01 children's watch. It is equal in appearance finish, and accuracy to the most expensive article, superior in strength and durability, and will cost less to repair than any other. The Waterbury is in every respect essentiall 3 the watch for the mechanic, the clerk, th< miner, the bushman, the working man—ii i a word, the watch for the people, and ii 1 within the reach of all, b Descriptively the Waterbury is similar ii > appearance and size to the Waltham—has i s white dial, bevelled crystal glass, and ii i keyless, or a stem winder : no fear of losing I the key or leaving it in some other pocket p As an evidence of the value and reliability o - these splendid watches, we are now manu ■ factoring over three hundred thousanc . yearly, all of which are regulated and testec i before leaving the factory. e . Brooklyn, N.Y., f October 10, 1881. A Waterbury Watch Company. A Gentlemen, — One of your watches wa y presented to me at the beginning of the pas A season by one of the officers of this road. ; was responsible for the time used, and startei d all trains by your watch. Mr. Gunther, ou d President, stated that he never knew then y run as regularly as they were the past season b and I showed the Waterbury watch I ra: ;, them by. I stopped every morning durin 0 the season and compared it with the chrc g nometer at the Long Island Depot, an> is found it did not vary half a minute the entir is season. Ie This statement is truthfully correct, i- Wm. S. Blydknborg, is Depot-master, Brooklyn, Barth, and Cone >r Island Railroad. d !t The Waterbury Watch, packed in satii ,h lined case, can now be obtained through au it storekeeper, price Thirteen Shillings an p. Sixpence. Do not be gulled by spurior. j. advertisements requiring you to send yoi is money 10,00.0 miles away; and wait si 3 months for the return ; or pay exorbitai ie prices and rates of interest for ordinal e . watches on the time payment or club prii ciples. Get your storekeeper or jeweller I obtain one for you, and see what yon a: buying before parting with your cash, ar never be persuaded by the sellers to br any other on which he gets larger profit We are manufacturing three hundred ar > n ten thousand annually, all good timekeeper 01 handsome, accurate, and durable, ie .. ." >g ALL JEWELLERS AND STORE, f- KEEPERS. Ie ■ as REPAIR DEPARTMENT. * i Q The Waterbury is not only the cheape it watch in the world to buy, but the cheape 8 e to repair as well. With the same ca; >g bestowed upon it as upon an ordinary wata m it will outlast its most expensive rivals, at e. should it get out of order Messrs. E. Port, P c and Co. have arranged with a first-ola he watchmaker to repair at a price which w °* not exceed half-a-crown. 1 Watches can be mailed for repair in tl be satin-lined cases in which they are packe 68 and in this case ninepeace for return posta * s and registration should be added. ot sh Price 13s 6d. le — 06 Wholesale Agents : J E. PORTER & 0 ( *« KARANGAHAPE road, * SYMONDSST. | NEWMARKI be " ';.■';' AND .' ; . ' -' *- QUEEN-ST., AUCKLAND, li- , .'.'. Nt ',',,', !'",-.■"