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Watchmakers ENGLISH WATCHES ! ENGLISH WATCHES ! SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! STEWART DAWSON AND CO.'s ' LIVERPOOL WORLD-RENOWNED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES. QTEWART DAWSON AND CO., of rC? Liverpool, have pleasure m announcing to thoir many Customers and the Public m general that they have opened a Branch ■Establishment m Atiekland, for tho sale of their unrivalled English Lever Wutches, which will enable all to secure a Watch of tho highest quality at less than half the prices charged throughout New Zealand. The extraordinary merits of Stowavt Dawson nnd Co. 's Liverpool English Levers are too well known through the whole of New Zealand, as vrell as from east to west of the Old Country, that comment here is unneeessnry. Suffice it to say that their perfection m excellence and value havo given S. D. and Co. a pntronago nover equalled m tho history of wntch-making. Only actual seeing can couvince you of the marvellous vulue we offer. ORDER EARLY. ORDER EARLY. Please Notk. — The following prices include duty' paid by us. Every watch, quality cousidcred, cannot bo bought Retail under Double the Prices. A £7 10a GENTS' ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVER FOR £3 15s. The most perfect English Hunting Levers m the world. Every watch manufactured entirely m our own workshops: These watches are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, us they will stand the hardest wear. Send for one of those watches and compare it with what retail dealers call their finest English Hunters nt from £7 to £8, nncl you ivill at once declare ours to be the better wutch. Selling m hundreds. A £10 103 ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNTING SILVER LEVER FOR £5 15s. STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S Superb Keyless Hunting Lovere, a triumph of utility and convenience, n watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust-tight nnd damp-tight, keeping tho works perfectly clenn. Unequalled nt Ten Guineas, our direct cash price to customers being less than the actual wholesale price to the trnde. Made m two sizes— small nnd medium. PRICE £5 15s. POSITIVELY RETAIL VALUE FOR TEN GUINEAS. Also, snmo watch m open face, price £i 15s. A £12 12s ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH FOR £6 155. Ench watch n model of perfection ; linest 2-plato inovemont, . full jewelled m rubies, real chronometer cxpaneiou balance, decitiml dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ( each timed to dead beat m positions, to go exactly the same m extreme heat or cold. Notwithstanding tho matchless perfection of this watch, wo positively sell it nt a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior mndo watches. PRICE £6 15s FULL RETAIL VALUE FOR TWELVE GUINEAS. Also, same watch m open face, price £5 15s. A £7 10s LADIES' ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER FOR £3 15s. EVERY WATCH A WORK OF ART, elegant m Bhapo, chaste m design, of sterling English workmanship, watches that with fair usago will last n lifetime. We ask you to observe that we supply our mngnificent English Lovers nt a far" lesa jirico than often charged for common foreign watches. Price, m Hunting Cases, £3 15s ; m open face, £3 5s ; practically saving to each purchaser from £3 to £4. A £i HUNTING DEFIANCE WATCH FOR £1 15s. None should hesitate to send for one of these Watches, truly named " DEFIANCE," if only to see tho perfection that can be nttained .by a firm whoso enterprise nnd energy have revolutionised tho watch trnde of Europe. Also open-face, crystal front, £1 7s 6d i all sterling silver cases. S. D. 4 Co's LADIES' AND GENTS' MAGNIFICENT ENGLISH GOLD LEVERS nre truly marvellous value. Wo sell our Ladies' Gold Open-faced Levers at £7 15s, better watches than sold retail, anywhere nt £11 15s ; Hunters' ditto, at £10 15s, positive value for £15 15s ; Open-faco Keyless nt £10 lfis ; and Hunters at £12 15s, nowhere equnlled under £20. These nre fncta beyond dispute. Gents' Open-face, £10 15s ; Hunting, £14 15s; Keyless Open-face, £14 15s; Hunters', £16 15s— oach watch saving to the purchaser from £5 to £10. Stewart Dawsov, and Cos. English ftold Three-quarter plate Chronographs should be seen by ovory gentleman who contemplates buying a, Gold Watch. The finest, handsomest, best, most modern, and greatest vulue m, the world. . ADVANTAOES TO CfHTOIIBJia AND CONDITION^ OF SALE. First; — Our gigantic resources of manufacturing, through our complete and efficient factory, organisation, nnd our universal ensli Bales, cnnblo us to supply each watch at less than half thu usunl retail price. Second. — rEnch customer is supplied with his whtch on n week's free approval and trial. Tho full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third.— Every purchaser secures tho most perfect English Levor ever made, manufactured entirely nt our own workshops, m Liverpool, Englnnd, unequalled for'benuty, for strength, for durability, or us a timokeeper. Tho perfection of improved mechanism throughout, m solidity of construction, and lasting qualities, each customer receiving an English Lever that will wear out three foreign or American-made watches ono after another. . 36;OOO TESTUIONIALS , havo been received during, the last few years from wearers m all parts of tho Tvprld, proving our Wutches'to be without equal. Tho following is a Specimon Toßtitnonial jußt received :— " To Stewaut Dawsoit and Co., Auckland.— Thames, 18th April, 1884. Door Sir,— Seeing that you are m Auckland, I writoto 4ay thut nenrly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for ono of your English Silvir Lovers as advertised for £3 15s. I diilv received::: the '-watch, and my bob' - (William Thorburn) has carried it overy day since thon at his work, mining, bush work, riding, &c, and it has novor oosb him one penny for repairs. Tho watch is a splendid timokeeper, nnd would cost m Auckland at least ton guineas. My son could havo sold tho watch a Bcoro of tiinos, for double the price that it cpst him, but would not part with it on any nccount. I mny nlso say that I know several here who hnvo sent for your watches, nnd they havo givon tho greatest satisfaction. You arc at perfect liberty to publish this if you wish, as I am well known hore. — I remain yours truly, WM. LANG THORBURN, Engineer, Tararu, Thames." INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. , TIMAIH7 nBRALD. I Cut this Square out, and forward it with P.O. Order, payable to S. D. and Co., Auckland, or Cash m registered letter! «dd 2s 6d to the prieo of each watch, to pny post and registration, whon wo will forward watch oolectod and written Guarantee by first return of post. (Signod) Stewart DAWfIOJf AND Co. Note. — All letters and Orders to bo addressed : — STEWART DAWSON AHD CO., 105 QUEEN STREET, ATJOKXAWIX Don't fuil to write for Illußtrntfd Wntoh Pamphlet, most interesting to all j 60 pages of wonderful testimonials, British and coldninl, Illustrations of Gold and Silver Alborts at wilolcsnlo English prices. With this will also bo sent a now thirty-two pago brochure, ontitlod, "The Knolihii Lever, its Invbntiok and Development," with an essay on S. D. nnd Co.'s syatom of business, whicM should bo read by bvory intending wutehbuy,ejr. The two pamphlets gratis 1 for tho postage, 4d m stamps. 6-810477
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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3025, 4 June 1884, Page 4
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Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3025, 4 June 1884, Page 4
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