A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9825, 11 October 1893, Page 2

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Tho enormous Bales of tlio Waterbury have led firms who do not erne £>r v .-leady turnover at a legitimate prdit to explore the purlieus of the Continual for clvaap inferior " tickers"— we do not call them watches— with which to " run tho Wateroury.' These pobbcbs one \ irtuja only— . that of showing the denier n roturn of BOine 150 per cent on his outlny. That they should keep time is a matter ol no moinont bo long as they resemb'e tho Watorbury ia outward appearance, htjlo of casing, &c, with sufficient closeness to deceive a carelesß or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us •' What do we. care ; wo can make five shillings a watch more on them thon we can on yours ; and as to keeping timo, well, our tioubleß about that." Buyers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbun, and the publio requiring tho correct lime should ace that they get it. The "gents' or ladies Water, bury, gold filled, or in sterling silvor, are handsoino, inexpensive, md durable ; whilst the nickol varieties are bo well known that they require no f tu thor recom* tuendation. It is a pretty co ceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," the Milloniuin," the "Gonb ng' or Boma other specially titled monstrosity has any effect on the Wateibury mm kot, whilst for 1 evory watch he norvously oidore over ono hundred Wntorburys aro always afloat for New Zealand. The real ft enuth of the Waterbury lies in its übsolule-TOiability, in other words its absolute iufusul to keep anything but the coirect time We sometimes see " tickers ' — we still bar them

any othor title— offered for ealo which are eaily wontlorful combinations, l'lioy not only exhibit the wholo vf tho coleßtial boJicß on tl.oir faces, but l;oop time, or profess to, toll you tho stale of tlio money market, the amount of uny purltcular member's indebtedness at Bellamy 'h, and ho name of the next bank (o reconstruct n Auhtrulia. The Waterbury docs not do this. It Bimply keeps correct time, and. goes on doing so. JOHN AVISRY, Agent, New Plymouth. .