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: Watchmakers ENGLISH WATCHES ! ENGMSH WATCHES ! SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! ■ STEWART DAWSON AND CO.'S LIVERPOOL WORLD-RENOWNED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES. STEWART DAWSON AND CO., of Liverpool, have pleasure m announcing to their many Customers and the Public m general that they havo opened a Branch Establishment m Auckland, for : the sale of their unrivalled English Lever t Watches, which will enable all to Becure a Watch of Clie highest quality at less than half tho prices charged throughout New Zealand. Tho extraordinary merits of c-tewart Dawson and Co.'s Liverpool English Levers aro too well known through the whole of New Zealand, as well ac from east to wcßt of the Old Couutry, that comment here is unnecessary. Suffice it to say thnt their perfection m excellenco and valuo have given S. D. and Co. a patronage nover equalled m the history of watch-making. Only actual seeing enn convince you of tho marvellous valuo we offer. ORDER EARLY. ORDER EARLY. /' Please Note.— The following prices include duty paid by us. Every watch, quality considered, cannot bo bought Retail under Double tho Prices. A £7 10s GENTS' ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVER FOR £3 15s. Tho most perfect English Hunting Levers m tho world. Every watch manufactured entirely m our own workshops. These watches arc specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest we.ir. Send for one of these watches and comparo it with what retail dealers coll their finest English Hunters at from £7 to £8, and you will at once declare .ours to bo the better wutch. Selling m hundreds. A £10 10s ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNTING : SILVER LEVER FOR £5 155. STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S Superb Keyless Hunting Levors, a triumph of utility und convenience, a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dust-tight- and damp-tight, keeping tho works perfectly clean. " Unequalled at Ten Guinoas, our direct cash price to customers being less than the actual wholesale price, to the trado. Made m two sizes— small and medium. PRICE £5 15b. POSITIVELY RETAIL VALUE FOR TEN GUINEAS. Also, samo watch m open face, price £4 15s. A £12 12s ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH FOR £6 155. Each watch a model of perfection ; finest J-platc movement, full jewelled m rubies, real chronometer expansion balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ; each timed to dead boat m positions, to go exactly the samo m extreme heat or cold. Notwithstanding tho matchless perfection of this watch, we positively Bell it at a less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made 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 shape, chaste m design, of sterling English workmanship, watches that with fair usngo will last a lifetime. We ask you to observe that wo supply our magnifieont English Levers at a far less price 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 £4 HUNTING DEFIANCE WATCH FOR £1 15a. None should hesitate to send for one of these Watches, truly named " DEFIANCE," if only to see the perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy havo revolutionised tho watch trade of Europe. Also open-face crystal front, £1 7s 6d ; all sterling silver cases. S. D. & Co^s LADIES' AND GENTS' MAGNIFICENT ENGLISH GOLD LEVEBS aro truly marvellous value. Wo sell our Ladies' Gold Opon-faccd Levers at £7 15s, better watches than sold retail anywhere at £11 15s; Hunters' ditto, at £10 15s, positive value for £15 15s j Open-face Koyless a( £10 15s ; and Hunters at £12 15s, nowhere equalled under £20. These aro facts beyond dispute. Gents' Open-faco, £10 15s ; Hunting, £14 15s ; Keyless Open-face, £14 15s ; Hunters', £16 15s — each wutch saving to tho purchaser from £5 to £10. Stewabt Dawbon, and Cob. English Gold Three-quarter plate Chronographs should be seen by every gontlenmn who contemplates buying a Gold Watch. Tho finest, handsomest, best, most modern, and greatest value m tho world. ADVANTAOES TO CUSTOMBBS AKD CONDITIONS OF SALE. First. — Our gigantic resources of manufacturing, through our complete and efficient factory organisation, and our universal cash sales, enable us to supply each watch at less than half tho usual retail price. Second. — Each customer is supplied with his watch on a week's froo approval and trial. Tho i full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third. — Every purchaser secures tho most pcrfject English Lever ever mado, manufactured entirely at our own workshops, m Liverpool, England, unequalled for beauty, for strength, for durability, or as a timekcoper. The 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-modo watches one after another. 30,000 TESTIMONIALS have been received during the last few years from wearers m all parts of the world, proving ouiWatches to he without equal. The following ia a Speeinion Testimonial jus{ received : — "To Stewart Dawson and Co. j Auckland. — Thames, 18th April, 1884. DolrSir, — Seeingthat you are m Auckland, I write to say that nearly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for one of your English SilvfiLevers oa advortisod for £3 16s. I duly rccoivod tho watch, and my 'son (William Thorburn) has carried it every day since then at his work) mining, bush work, riding, Ac, and it has nover cost him one ponny for ropairs. Tho watch is a splendid timekeeper, and would cost m Auckland at least ten guinoas. My Bon could havo sold tho watch a soort* of times, for doublo tho price that it cost him, but would not part with it on any account. I may also say that I tnow soveral hero who havo sent fo* your watches, and thojy have givon the greatest satisfaction. You aro at pflrfect liberty to publish this if you wish, as lam well known hore. — I remain yours truly, WM. ■ LANG ' THORBURN, Engineer, Tarani, Thames." INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING WATCHES. ! TIMAntJ HBBALD. ' Cut this Squaro out, and forward : ; , lit with P.O. Order, payablo to S. D.nad Co., Auckland, or Cash it ' registered letter; add 2s 6d to ia. , tho price of eiich watch, to pay post and registration, wbort wo ' will forward watch selected and ; written Guarantee by first return of post. (Signod) StewAkt Dawßon and 00. ; Notb.— All lotters and O: dors to be addressed 1 — . : STEWART DAWSON AND CO., 195 QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. [Don't fail to write for niustratcd Watch Pamphlet, most interesting to all 1 60 pages of -wonderful testimonials, British and colonial, Illustrations of Gold and Silver Alberts at wholepalo English prlcos. With this will dho be, scut a now thirty-two pago brochuro, entitled, "Thb EHOLiBn Lbvbb, its Invbictiomand DBVBiorMRNT," with an essay on S. D. and Co.'s system of business, which should bo read : by ovory intending watohbuyer, llio , two pamphlot* gratiß for the

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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3055, 9 July 1884, Page 4

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