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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5092, 28 August 1884, Page 4

ißSHSiaßssraMe'.si.-w^^ Business Notioes. English VV atches English VV atches. SPECIAL AND IMTORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Otewart Dawson & Cjo/s, LIVERPOOL, Wohld-Renoy-nei. Exolish Lever Watches Fibst in Quality! Fiebt in Workmanship I First in Utilitt and Durability Matchless in Design and Finish, Direct from j S.D. and Co.'s Factory, in Liverpool. LESS THAN HALF COLONIAL PRICES. STEWART DAWSON k CO. have much pleasure in announcing that on account of the Large Patronage extended to them from all parte of New Zealand to their Head EstabUshment in England, and to their Australian Branch in Sydney, for their UNRIVALLED ENGLISH LEVER WATCHES, they have opened a (Branch Establishment for New Zealand at 195, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, For the sale of their celebrated Watches, which will enable all settlers in New Zealand to purchase in their own Colony an EngUsh Lever Watch of the very best quality at less than half the Colonial retail prices, thus giving cnstomers, new and old, and every intending watch buyer, an opportunity never before extended to New Zealand. The extraordinary merit of Stewart Dawson and Co.'s Liverpool EngUsh Levers are so well known through the whole of New Zealand, as well as from east te west of the Old Country, that comment here is unnecessary, ' Suffice it to say that their perfection in excellence and value has given S. D. and Co.. patronage never equalle n the] history of watch-making. NOTICE. Every purchaser buying from us saves three profits— the London wholesale dea ler's profit, the Colonial wholesale dealer's profit, and the Colonial rotail dealer's profit ; in all over one hundred per cent. Over £30,000 of our Celebrated English Levers was sold last year from our Australian Branch, Sydney, sufficient proof of their value and matchless quality. ORDER EARLY. ORDER EARLY. Please Note.— The following prices include Duty paid by üb. Everjr Watch, quality considered, cannot be bought Retaii under Double the Prices. A &7 10 s GENT'S ENGLISH SILVER HUNTING LEVEE I *°" £3 15» The most perfect English Hunting Levers in the world. Every watch manufactured entirely in our own workshops. These watches are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, kc, as they will stand the hardest wear j send for one of these watches and compare it with what retail dealers call their finest EngUsh Hunters at from £7 to £8, and you wiU at once declare ours to be the better watch. In open face, £3 ss ; ditto crystal unbreakable front, £3 Us ; positively worth £6 10s. A £10 10 s ENGLISH KEYLESS HUNTING SILVER LEVEE p0 " £5 15 s STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S Superb Keyless Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, a watch that is also perfectly air-tight, dusttight and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean. Unequalled at Ten Guineaß, our direct cash price to customers being less than the actual wholesale price to the trade. Made in twe sizes, small and medium. PRICE, £5 155. POSITIVELY RETAIL VALUE FOR TEN GUINEAS. Also, same watch in open face, price Ui 15b. A £12 12 s ENGLISH SILVEE HUNTING CHRONOGRAPH Po *£6 15 s Each watch a model of perfection ; finest {-plate movement, f ull jewelled in rubies, real chronometer expansion balance, decimal dial, centre seconds, and outside stop ; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly the same in extreme heat or cold. Notwithstanding the matchless perfectioH. of this watch, we positively seU it ata less price than retailers charge for ordinary inferior made watches. PRICE £6 15s. FULL RETAIL VALUE FOR 12 GUINEAS. Also, same watcb, in open face, price £5 15a. A £7 10 s LADIES' ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER "-_8 15 s EVERY WATCH A WORK OF ART, elegant in shape, chaste in design, of sterling EngUsh workmanship, watches that with fair usage will last a lifetime. We ask you to observe that we supply our magnificent EngUsh Levers at a far leBS price than often charged for common foreign watches. PRICE IN HUNTING CASES, £3 15s ; IN OPEN FACE, £3 ss ; practically saving to each purchaser from £3 to £4. A £4 HUNTING DEFIANCE WATCH FOR £I 15 S None should hesitate to send for on of theso Watches, truly named "DEFIANCE, if only to seethe perfection that can be attained by a firm whose enterprise and energy have revolutionised the Watch trade of Europe. Also open-face crystal front, £1 7s 6d; all starting silver cases. S. D. & Co.'s LADIES' AND GENT'S MAGNIFICENT ENGLISH GOLD LEVERS Are truly marveUous value. Wo seU our Ladies' Gold Open-faced Levers at £7 15s, better watches thau sold retail anywhere at £11 15s ; Hunters ditto, at £10 15s, positive value for £15 15s ; Openface Keyless at £10 15s ; and Hunters at £12 15s, nowhere equalled under £20. These are facts beyond dispute. Gents' Open-face, £10 15s ; Hunters, £13 5s ; Keyless Open-face, £14 15s ; Hunters, £16 15s— each watch saving tothe purchaser from £5 to £10. STEWART DAWSON & CO/S EngUsh Gold f-plate Chronographs Bhould be seen by every gentleman who contemplates buying a Gold Watch. The finest, handsomsst, best, most modern, and greatest value in the world. ADVANTAGES TO CUSTOMERS, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE. Second— Each customer is suppUed with his watch on a week's free approval and trial. The full amount paid is returned to anyone dissatisfied. Third — Every purchaser secures the most perfect English Lever ever made, manufactured entirely in our own workshops, unequalled for beauty, for strength, for durability, or as a timekeeper. The perfection of improved mechanism throughout, in solidity of construction aud lasting qualities, each customer receiving an English Lever that will wear out three foreign or American made Watches one after another. 30,000 Testimonials have been received during the last few years from wearers in aU parts of the world, proving our Watches to be without The following is a Specimen Testimonial just received :— ■■ To STEWAET DAWSON & CO., Atioklana. " Thames, 18th April, 1884. " Dear Sir,— Seeing that you are in Anckland, I write to say that nearly five years ago I sent to Liverpool for one of your EngUsh Silver Levers as advertised for £3 15s. I duly received the watch, and my son (William Thorburn) has carried it every day since t) en at his work, mining, bußh work, riding, &c, and it has never cost him one penny for repairs. The watch is a splendid timekeeper, and would cost iu Auckland at least Ten Guineas. My son could have sold the watch a score of tini»s, for double the prico that it cost him, but would not part with it on any account. I ! may also say that I know several here who have sent for your watches, and they have given the i-greatest satisfaction. You are at perfect liberty i to publish this if you wish, aa lam well known here. "I remain, yours truly, " WM. LANG THORBURN, " Engineer, Tararu, Thames." INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERDJG WATCHES. CHEISTCHUECH "STAB." Cut this Coupon out, and forward, with P.O. Order, payable to Stewart Dawson and Co., Auckland, or cash in registered letter. 2s 6d must be added to the price of each watch to pay post and registration. We guarantee to forward you the Watch selected by first return of post on tho conditions stated. (Signed) STEWART DAWSON k CO. { Note — All Letters and Orders to be addressed Stewart Dawson & \jo., 195, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND. Write for Illustrated Watch Pamphlet, most interesting to all; 60 pages of wouderful Testimonials, British and Colonial, illustrations of Gold and Silver Alberts at wholosale English prices. With this will also be sent a new 32-page brochure, entitled— "THE ENGLISH LEVER: ITS INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT," With an Essay on S. D. and Co.'s system of business, which should bo read by every intending watch buyer. Tho two Pamphlets [gratis; for the postage, 4d in stamps. 2690 251 *