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Otago Witness, Issue 1952, 23 July 1891, Page 15

TT LAURELS FOR THE WATERBURY. A WHISPER FROM WANAKA. The following letter has baen handed to ub for publication by our friends the New Zealand Hardware Company, Limited, of this city, who state that they are frequently in receipt of similar statements. We may Bay that almost daily we receive complaints from people who have been imposed upon by the substitution of cheap rubbishy Continental imitations which . have never kept correct time and apparently were never intended to do bo. The Waterbury i& an absolutely correct timekeeper. Showy it does not pretend to be, bat any bushman requiring a reliable watoh, trusty under all conditions, mußt be careful to see that the watch he obtains from his storekeeper is genuine, and not a Swiss apology in a Waterbury box, Look for onr monogram W. W. O. on each dial. < We have no sympathy with people who buy any metal watoh offered them, simply because it is guaranteed "cheaper and better than t&a* Waterbury." Aa long as human cupidity exists it is certain that traders will be found ready to imitate any genuine invention, provided they can undersell the vendors of the tried and proved article. With characteristic effrontery they sell— the purchaser takes the consequence. You may as well look for the philosopher's stone in a cabbage tree ; the secret of perpetual motion in the bustle of a grave yard, or a better binder than the Buckeye as for a watch as simple, accurate, and reliable as the Waterbury. We thank Mr Norman for his letter, and shall be glad to receive similar ones from any of our readers who can give them fearlessly and honestly. We have never published anything in the slightest degree shady, and certainly never will ; therefore we request that any correspondent whose letter is intended for publication shall giveus a reliable raference as a pledge of his bona fides. Yours truly, WATERBURY WATCH COMPANY. New Zealand Office, Bond street, Dunedin. Albertown, Wanaka. May;2nd, 1891. The Agent, Waterbury Watch Co., Dunedin. Dear Sir, — I wish to give you a short resume, showing how the Waterbury Watch has made itself at home up here. My silver watch never gave satisfaction, and always cost much more for repairs per annum than a Waterbnry would co3t, so during my visit to Dunedin in December 1886 I purchased a Waterbury,. which was the first one introduced up here. It met with one or two accidents, but it was always repaired, and gave every satisfaction. It has been going moat of the time, and is good , yet. I afterwards bought another, whioh I used while the old one underwent repairs. I lo3t it once in a field last harvest 12 months, while running after a rabbit, so that it must have come to the ground jj with considerable force. A friend found it seven months afterwards, lying face up. He returned it to me in due course, and when it was wound up it went as if nothing had and has kept good time ever since, about six months to date. When winding it up one morning a few weeks ago, about half an inch of the inside end of the mainspring broke off, but I took the watch apart, and repaired the damage with most satisfactory results, The works were as clean and fresh as when the watch left the factory, and last winter was a wet one. A gentleman up here known as Mr Punch M'Donald, whose avocation was mueterers' cook, told me that be was desirouß of laying up a stock of tobacco for the winter, and accordingly offered to wager any of tbe shepherds lib of tobacco that his Waterbnry would keep better time than any of their silver ones, but he regretfully added, that "not one would accept his wager." Another line. An individual' was arraigned before two looal J.P's, Messrs M'Dongall and I Stewart, charged with stealing a [Waterbury watch from Mr Monteith's store at Albertown, but after a long trial, and a lot of evidence, not to speak of the bringing of, I think it was, 16 witnesses from Cromwell, the case fell through, and the prisoner triumphant, walked off with tbe Waterbury in his pocket. This shows bow valuable it is, and what a lot of money this one coat the New Zealand Government. A friend of mine, Mr George Elliott, has one which has been going three or four years, and is giving him every satisfaction. On one occasion the spring that holds the mainspring plate from slipping backwards" broke, and tho piece fell in tbe works, stopping the watch. He took the watch to pieces and took the broken spring out. He could only insert one of the three little screws in the inside plate, and when the watch was wound up he would tie a bit of rag round the knob to keep the mainspring from slipping baokwards. The watoh has baen going in this condition^and keeping good time for several months paßt. No wonder that the Waterbury is highly prized and that nearly everybody has one. I heard one man tell another that be ought to drink " less," so that he could buy a Waterbury, whioh shows what a high value ha placed on it when he recommended his neighbour to undergo such privation in order to get one. Faithfully yours, RIOHABD NOBffe&X.