A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4694, 13 April 1894, Page 3

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sales of the Waterbury ' > have led Anns who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to explore the ! i purlieus of the Continentfor cheap inferior ; " tickers"—do not call them watches- 1 witl. which to 'run the Watcrbury.' These ' 1 j«9sscs3 one virtuuonly—that of showingtho ' I dealer a return of some 150 per cent, on Ins , outlay, That they Ehouhl keep time is'a 1 matter of no moment, so long as they re- 1 1 eomblo the Watcrbury in outward appear- | i ancc, stylo of casing, etc., with sufficient i closeness to deceive a careless or unwary | purchaser. Firms doing this often say to us "What do wo enre; we can make five shillings a watch, moro on them then wo ■ can on yours; and as to keeping timo, well, - our troubles about that." Buyers requiring ] reliable watches can trust the Watcrbury, P and the public requiring the correct timo ' should see that they get it. The gents'or ' ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling B silver, are handsome, inoxpcMivo, and . durable; whilst the nickel varieties are 60 j. well known that they require no further recommendation, It is a pretty conceit for 9 here and there a stray trader to think his. s imports of the "Nebuchadnezzar," tho It 11 Millcn.um," the " Gonbimg," or somo other specially titled monstrosity, lias any effect on tho Watcrbury market, whilst for every watch' ho nervously orders over one hundred Waterburys arc ahvayi alloat for I* New Zeulaml.' 'l'ho veal strength of the - Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keep any- / tiling but the correct time. W'e sometimes ' Geo" tickers"—wo still bar them any other title—offered for sale which aro really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit the whoio of tho celestial bodies on their facis, but keep time, or profess to.te'ii you the stato of the money market, the ,) amount of any particulal member's indebtedness at Bellamy's, and tho immo of tho next Bank to reconstruct in Australia, The ie Waterbury does not do this. It simply kcops correct time and cues on doing so,