The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-13
WALTHAM
WATCHES.
To Buyers Of Watches Ev'
eryWhere.

The greater part OF the jewellers of the
United States keep Waltham Watches, and
cordially recommend them to their Gus
| toners, notwithstanding the fact that less
| profit is made on these watches than on
| any others generally sold by the trade
| The reason of this Is, that the reputation
! of the Waltham Watch renders 1t an easy
sale, and the result. is, that, although the
dealer does not make as much money on
each individual watch as he may on the
| sale of other watches, he Is still the gairer
through larger and livelier sales. There
are some, however, among the trade, who
do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which it deserves. This
portion OF the trade fancy there Is more
money to be made by dealing In watches
about which the public are ignorant, and
in which there is less competition, and
are content to make an occasional sale
Of such watches at large profit. It is
| about Waltham Watches. use that kind Of
| language which leads the customer final
| ly to buy just such watch, as Is the M at
profitable for the dealer to sell.
For the information of persons abouttO
buy watch. ana who may be unfavora.
bly, affected by the representations Of
those unfriendly to our watches, we call
attention to the following suggestions:
Since the manufacture of watches WAS
initiated at Waltham, the Company have
made and sold about 4OO, 900 watches. In
every town and village of the country
some wearer OF 4 Waltham Watch may be
found. Let the party about to buy ASK
this owner of an American Watch this
question::
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU
SATISFACTION:
We are not afraid to advise those wish
ing to buy watch to guide themselves by
the answer. Being Satisfied as to the quail
r.lfs
to satisfy himself that the Waltham
Watches are THE CHEAPEST as well as
the best. On this head we have few
words to say:
! 1t is well known tact in manufacture
ing, that the greater the number of ar.
tcles manufactured by one establishment
the smaller will be the cost of each indi-
vidual article. Keeping this in view. our
policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the Il west possible price in order
to secure large sales, ard thus enable US
to manufacture watches a, a minimum
cost. WE BELIEVE IN SMALL PROF
] IT'S AND A LARGE BUSINESS. This
policy we have successfully carried out.
and the result is, that to- day we manufac.
ture twice as many watches Is all the 9th.
er factories in the United States put TO-
gether. We can, therefore, afford to sell
Cheaper than they do, and actually do sell
twenty-five per ceut. Cheaper than they
10, uuaiity LOT luallty.
| We would further remark that in in
creasing our product we have constantly
improved its QUALITY AND ITS VA.
RIETY. We have had the refusal Of
nearly all inventions intended to improve
time-pieces. aud have adopted all those,
and those My, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained in our
employment every head OF . department
we have ever had, whose services were of
any Importance to the Company, and our
present corps OF designers and master
mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
any other country. In addition to this
we make gold and silver cases, not OILY
for our own movements. but for those Of
other factories, ours being the only estab-
lishment that turns out watches complete
in every respect.
AS these watches are for sale by the
trade generally throughout the United
States, and at aretail profit made most
reasonable by competiti n, the Company
invariably decline orders Of retail char
| acter.
A full line OF these celebrated Watches
always for sale at most reasonable prices
| bv TRASK & BRO.
ROBBINS IL APPLETON, Gen'l Agents,
| Isl broadway, N, Y.