The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-26
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To Buyers OF Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
states Keep Waltham Watches and cordially re.
commend them 10 tho.roustomers, notwithstand-
lug the ta2t that less profit is made on these
watcho, tnnu on any others generally sold by the
trade. The rea8on Of this is, that the reputa.
ton Of the Waltham Watch renders it an easy
sale, aud the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indyi-
dual watch rs be may on tho sale Of other watch
es he ia still! the gamer through large and live
Her sales. There are some, however, among the
trade who do not give the WalthAm Watch that
hearty support which il deserves. This portion
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 a large profit.
It is this class Of dealers who, when asksdabout
Waltham Watches, use that kind of language
which leafs the customer finally to buy just such
a watch q is the most prohta lie for the dealer
to sell.
orthe information Of porsous about to buy a
watch; and who may he uufavorabiy affected by
the Representations Of those "Ur-'""Hy I" our
uo,,ho. ,v. .-.n auvntion to the following sug
gestoas:
Since the manufacture of watches was initia.
ted at WaItham, the company have and sold
about 400 900 watches In every town and
village Of the country some weareT of Wal
than Watch may be found. Let the party about
to buy ask this owner of an American Watch
this questions
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU Salts
BACTION2
We are not afraid to ask those wishing to buy
8 watch to guide themselves by the owner Be-
ing satisfied as to the quality Of the watch, the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well rs tho best. On this head we have q few
words to say
1t is a well known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by one establishment, the smaller will be the
cost Of each individual article. Keeping this 10
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro"
ducts Al the lowest possible price in order to Sc
cure large sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
ture watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUsI-
NESS, his policy We have successfully car
ried out, and the result is, that to-day we manu-
facture twice as many watches as ell the other
factorIes ia the United States put together
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five per
cent. Cheaper than they do, quality for quail
ity.
| We wer.d further remark that in increasing
| our pro i-gttous w. have constantly improved its
| QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
had the -ctasal Of nearly all lions intended
to imPr.s ;imc- pieces, and have adopted all
those, all those only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained IN our en-
Ployment every head of a department we have
ever hsl whose services were Of any Importance
to the company, and our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
! any Other country. In additionto this we make
gold H1i silver cases, not only for our own move
ments OUT for those Of other factories, ouFs being
the on. Establishment that turns out watches
eomPIc.e IN every respect
| As these watches are for sale by the trade gen
orally throughout the United States, and at re-
tail pr st made most honorable By competition
the company invariably decline orders of 3 retail
character.
ROBBINS q APPLETON,
| General Agents,
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