A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7062, 23 August 1894, Page 4

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate pro6t to explore the purlieus of the Continent for cheap inferior "tickers " — we do not call them watches — with which to "run the Walerbury." These possess one virtue only— that of showing tho dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they resemble the Waterbury in outward appearance, stylo of casing, &c, with sufficient closeners to deceive a careless or unwary purohaser. Finns doing this often say to us, " What do we care ; we can make five shillings more a watch on them than we can on yours ; and us for keeping time, well, our troubles about that." buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they «et it. The gents' of ladies' Waterbury, gold tilled or in sterling silver, arc handsome, inexpensive, and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no further recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," the "Millenium," the "Goubong," or some other specially titled, monstrosity, has any efiect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys 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 but the correct time. We some times ste " tickers " — we still bar them any other title— offered for 9ale which are really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on their faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you the state of the money market, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the next bank to reconstruct iv Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. Ife simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing so.