The Portland daily press., 1869-02-10
WAETHAM
WATCHES.
To Buyers of Watches Everywhere


The greater part of the jewellers of the United
States keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to their customers, notwithstanding
the fact that less profit is made on these watches
than any others generally sold by the trade. The
OF this is that the reputation OF the waltham
Watch renders it easy sale, and the result 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 gamer through larger
and hvelier 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 ig-
norant, aud in which there is less competition and
are content to make an occasional sale of such
watches at large profit. 1t is this class of deal
ers who, when asked about Waltham Watches, use
that kind of language which leads the customer f.
nally to buy just such watch as is the profit
able for the dealer to sell.
For the information Of persons abont to buy
watch, and who may be unfavorably affected by the
representations of those unfriendy 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
900 watches, I'm every town and village OF the
country some wearer of a waltham Watch may be
found. Let the party about to buy ask this owner
an American Watch this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU SATISFAC-
TION? We eare not afraid to advise those wishing
to buy watch to guide themselves by the answer.
Being satisfied to the quality of the watch, the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as well
as the best. On this head we have few words to
say: = ~ e-f 3hA A r
Its a well known fact in manufacturing, that the
greater the number of articles manufactured by one
establishment, the smaller win be the cost of each
individual article. Keeping this in view, policy
has alway been to sell products at the owest
possible price in order to secure large sales, and
thus enable us to manufacture watches at mini
mum cost. We believe in anrall profits and
n large business. This policy we have success
ully carried out, and the result is, that to-day
manufacture twice many watches as all the other
factories in the United States put together. We
can, therefore, affsrl ta self cheaper than
they do, and acau ally do sell Twenty.fve
per cent. cheaper than they do, qualify for
qualify.
We would further remark that In increasing our prc-
ductions we have constantly improved itsQuaty and
its variety. We have had the ref al Of nearly all in
ventions intended to improve time. pieces and have
adopted all those and those only which have proved
to be really valuabl-. We have retained in our
poyment every hea 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 thus or any
other country. In addition to this we make gold
and silver cases, not only for our own movements,
but for those OF other factor es being the only
establishment thatturns out watches com plete in
every respect.
As these Watches are tor sale by the trade gener-
eralp throughout the United Statas and at retail
profit made; most reasonable by compei ition. the
company Invariably decline orders of retail char
ccter,