The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-02-18
W.ALTHAM
WAT C HE'S !
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, notwithstand.
ing the fact that less profit is made on these
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. Tho reason Of this is, that the reputa-
tiou Of the WalthAm Watch renders il an easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indiyi
dual watch as ho may on the sale Of other watch
es, he ia still the gamer through larger and i've
lier sales. There are some, however among tho
trade, who do not give tho WathSm Watch that
hearty support whichit deserves. This portion
! portion If tho trade fancy there is more money
to le 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 alarge profit.
It is this class Of dealers who, whom asked shout
Wsitham Watches, use than kind Of Language
which loads tho customer finally buy just such
a watch as is tho moIt profitable for the dealer
! to sell.
Iorthe information Of persons about to buy
watch; and who may bo unfavonby affected by
the representations Of those unfriendy to our
wa ohcs we oall attention to the following sug-
gestions:
Since the manufacture Of watches was initla'
ted at Waltham, the company have aud sold
about 4OO, 900 watches. Ia every town aud
village Of the country some wearer Of Wal
than Watch may be found. Let the party about
to buy ask this owner Of an American Watch
this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU salts.
FACTION?
We are not afraid to ask those wishing to buy
a watch to guide themselves by the owner be-
ing satisfied as to the quality Of the watch, the
ouyor has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
we'll a. the best On this head VIC have d tow
words to say:
It lis awoII known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number of articles manufactured
by one establishments the smaller viii be the
cost Of each individual article. Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro
ducts at the lowest possible Pricc in order to &C.
cure large sales, and thus enable US to manufao-
turo watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUsI-
NESS This policy We have successfully car
ried out and the result is, that to-day we manu-
ncture twice as many watches ~ oil the other
factories in the United Statos put together.
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five por
cent Cheaper than they do, quality for quail
ity.
We would further remark that in increasing
our productions we have constantly improved its
QUALITY AND IT'S VARIETY, We have
had the refusal OF nearly all invent tions intended
to improve timo.pieces, and have adopted all
those, and those only, which have proved to be
really valuable Wo have retained in our cm-
Floymont every head Of a department We have
ever had, 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 addition 10 this We make
gold nnd silver cases, not only for our own move
ments but Tor those Of other factories ours being
the only establishment that turns out watches
oomplote in every respect
As those watches are for sale by the trade gen
orally throughout the United States, aud at re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition,
the company invariably decline orders Of retail
character,
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents,
162 Broadway ~. Z.