A Wonderful Watch.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5914, 28 April 1887, Page 1

A Wonderful Watch.

THE QORKECT TIME FOE THIBTEEN AlfD SIXPENCE. One of the chief signs of the progress of the age in which, we live is the rapid improvement of machinery, and its tendency to cheapen the requirements of modern life. Ftfty years ago, for instance, only a rich man could own a watch, and the majority of mankind were obliged to calculate the time by the aun'a altitude, the village dial in the old churchyard, or, a generation further back, by the hour-glass. To-day, however, the importance of time obtains a wider recognition — not only as a convenience or a luxury, but as the absolute essence of business, and a reliable timekeeper is a primary requisite alike of the merchant and his clerk, the employer and the employee, the schoolmaster and the pupil, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. A timepiece of some sort is positively indispensable. Only a jewelled watch timed to split the seconds is a luxury. A good, serviceable, reliable watch is a necessity — the first requisite of Bocial and business life — and such a one is tiie Waterbury, the cheapest anu most reliable watch in the world. The Waterbury is so cheap that everybody can afford to own one, and its cheapness arises from | the supreme simplicity of its construction. j Because it is cheap, however, do not regard it as a toy or children's watch. It is equal in appearance, finish, and accuracy, to the most expensive article, superior in strength and durability, and will cost less to repair than any other. The Waterbury is in every respect essentially the watoh for the mechanic, the clerk, the miner, the bushman, the working man — in a word, the watch for the people, and ia within the reach of all. Descriptively the Waterbury is similar in appearance and svze to the Waltham — has a white dial, bevelled crystal glass, and is keyless, or a stem-winder ; no fear of losing the key or leaving it in some other pocket. As an evidence of the value and reliability of these splendid watches, we are now manufacturing over three hundred thoooand yearly, all of which are regulated and tested before leaving the factory. Brooklyn, N.T., October 10, 1881. Waterbury Watch Co. Gentlemen, — One of your watches was presented to me at the beginning of the past ueaaon by one of the officers of this road. I was responsible for the time used, and started all trains by your watch. Mr Gunther, oar President, stated that he never knew them run as regularly as they were the past season, and I showed the Waterbury watch I ran them by. I stopped every morning during the season and compared it with the chronometer at the Long Island Dep^t, ind found it did not vary half a minute the entire season. Thia statement is truthfully correct. Wm. S. Blydbnbubg, Dep6tmaster, Brooklyn, Barth, and Coney Island Railroad. The Waterbnry Watch, packed in satinlined case, can now be obtained through aay storekeeper, price Thirteen Shillings and Sixpence. Do not be gulled by spurious advertisements requiring you to send your money U),000 miles away, and wait six months for the return ; or pay exorbitant prices and rates of interest for ordinary watches on the time-payment or olnb principles. Get your storekeeper or jeweller to obtain one for you, and see what you are baying before parting with your cash, and never be persuaded by the sellers to buy any other on which he gets larger profits. We are manufacturing three hundred and ten thousand annually, all good timekeepers, handsome, accurate, and durable.