A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9839, 27 October 1893, Page 2

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Water ury have led firms who do not care f it a ateady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore tbe purlieus of the Continent for clieap inferior "tickers"— we do net call them watchoa — with which to "run tho Wateroury.' These possess one virtno only— that of showing tho dealer a return of some 150 per cent on his outlay. That thoy should keep timo is a matter oi no moment so long as they rcsomb'e the Watuibury in outward appearance, style of casing, &■:., w ith sufficient closenoßs to deceive a careljss or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us " What do wo care ; we can ma'io five shilling? a watch moro on them thon wo can on yours ; anl as to keeping timo, well, our troubles about that." B lyers requiring reliable w.itclius can trust the Waterbury, and the puulic requiring tho correct (irao should boo that they get it. The "gents' or ladies Waterbury, gold filled, or in storling silver, aio handsome, inexpensive, and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties uro bo well known that they require no further rocoiumendation, It is a pretty cor.eoit for hero and tliero a stray trader to think his imports of tho "Nebuchadnizzar," tho Millenium," tho "Gonbune 1 or Homo other specially titled monstrosity has any effect on tho Wntoibury market, whilst for o*ery watch ho nervously ordors over ono hundred Wotcrbtirys are alwaytj afloat for Now Zoalaud. The real gl'ength of tho Watorbury lies in its absolute roliub lity, in other words its absolute refusal to keep anything but the correct time Wo sometimes see " tickers ' — we still bar them any other title — offered for sale which are oal'y wonderful combinations, thoy not only exhibit tho wholo of the celestial liO'lics on ti uir faces, but keep time, or profess to, tell you tho state of the money maikot, tho nnionnt of any particular mem bur's indebtedness at liollamy'B, and ho name of the next bank to reconstruct n Au-tralia Tho Waterbury does not do this. It simply keeps correct time, utvl goes on doing co.

JOHN AVERY, Agent, New Plymouth.