A WONDERFUL WATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7923, 15 April 1887, Page 3

A WONDERFUL WATCH.

THE CORRECT TIME FOR THIRTEEN AND SIXPENCE. One 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. Fifty 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 further back, by the hour-glass. To-day, 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 em. ployerand the employee, the schoolmaster and the pupil, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. A timepiece of some sort ia positively indispensable. Only a jewelled watch timed to split the seconds is a luxury. A good, serviceable, reliable watch is a necessity—the first requisite of social and business life - and such a one is the Waterbury, 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. Because it is cheap, however don't regard it as a toy or 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 essentially the watch for the mechanic, the clerk, the miner, the bushman, the working man—in a word, the watch for the people, and ia within the reach of all. Descriptively the \yaterbury is similar in appearance and size to the Waltham—has a white dial, bevelled crystal glass, and ia keyless, or a stem winder : no fear of losing the key or leaving it in some other pocket. As an evidence of the value and reliability of these splendid watches, we are now manufacturing over three hundred thousand yearly, all of which are regulated and tested before leaving the factory. Brooklyn, N.Y., October 10, 1881. Waterbury Watch Company. Gentlemen, — One of your watches was presented to me at the beginning of the past season by one of the officers of this road. I was responsible for the time used, and started all trains by your watch. Mr. Gunther, our President, stated that he never knew them run as regularly as they were the past season, and I showed the Waterbury watch I ran them by. I stopped every morning during the season and compared it with the chronometer at the Long Island Depot, and found it did not vary half a minute the entire season. 1 This statement is truthfully correct. Wm. S. Blydenborg, Depot-master, Brooklyn, Barth, and Coney Island Railroad. The Waterbury Watch, packed in satinlined case, can now be obtained through any storekeeper, price Thirteen Shillings and Sixpence. Do not be gulled by spurious advertisements requiring you to send your money 10,000 miles away; and wait six months for the return; or pay exorbitant prices and rates of interest for ordinary watches on the time payment or club prin- - ciples. Get your storekeeper or jeweller to obtain one for you, and see what you are buying before parting with your cash, and never be persuaded by the sellers to buy any other on which he gets larger profits. We are manufacturing three hundred and ten thousand annually, all good timekeepers, handsome, accurate, and durable. ALL JEWELLERS AND STOREKEEPERS. REPAIR DEPARTMENT. The Waterbury is not only the cheapest watch in the world to buy, but the cheapest to repair as well. With the same care bestowed upon it as upon an ordinary watch, it will outlast its most expensive rivals, and should it get out of order Messrs. E. Porter and Co. have arranged with a first-class watchmaker to repair at a price which will not exceed half-a-crown. Watches can be mailed for repair in the satin-lined cases in which they are packed, and in this case ninepence for return postage and registration should be added. Price 13s 6d. Wholesale Agents : E. PORTER & 00. KARANGAHAPE ROAD, SYMONDS ST. ! NEWMARKET and QUEEN-ST., AUCKLAND. .