A DUCAL OPINION.
A leading jeweller, in speaking of the very handsome cot of the Waterbury Watch Company which appeared in a recent issue of the Review, gare your correspondent the following little incident illustrating' the popularity and high estimation in which the American lowpriced watohes Jure held'in England. Ho sayß: " While in "England last sammer I happened to be iif*the vioinity of Eaton Hall, Chester, one of the country seats of the Duke of Westminster, whore there was a meeting of yeomanry and some 200)000 people assembled. All were indulging in ' gaa.es and festivities, the Duke being present in person and mingling freely with the others, when his Graoo was accosted by one of his friends, who remarked that there were reported, to be several pickpockets present, and that he had better look out for bis watoh. The Duke laughingly replied that he was grateful for the warning, as he had a watch which he valued highly, although of small cost and that' he would hate to part with it, at the Bamo time pnlliag out a handsome Waterbury. The mußtbr of the hounds informed me that he' wore this .watch in preference to all others.? This endorse* mimt from one of the nobility whose inopme.ls 700,000d0l per annum is not bad for ' aa, Anaeiicaa product. This ie .'authentic, and \i not on advertisement.— JewolUrt]- Review. fOBN AVJSBY,
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8830, 14 July 1890, Page 4
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229A DUCAL OPINION. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8830, 14 July 1890, Page 4
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