A PRETTY CONCEIT.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7424, 25 November 1893, Page 1

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbary have led firms who do not care for a steady turn over at a legitimate profit to explore the purlieus of tho Continent for cheap inferior tickerswe do not call them watohes—with which to " run tho Waterbary. 1 * These possess only one virtue—that of showing the dealer a return of some 160 per cent, on his eatlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, so long as they ro* semble the Waterbury in outward appear* anoe, style of casing, etc., with sufficient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often eay to us “ What do we care ; we can make five shillings a watch more on them than we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, who troubles about that.'* Bayers requiring reliable watches can trust the'' Waterbury, and the public requiring the correct time should see that they get it. The gents’ or ladies' Waterbary, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties are so well known that they require no farther recommendation. It is a pretty 1 conceit for here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of the *• Rebuohadnezsar,’. the “Gonbung,” or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbary market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterbury’e 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 any* thing bat the correct time. We sometimes see “ tickers ” —we still bar them any other title—offered for sale which are really won* derful 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 nest bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing •*