Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-04-23
w ALTMAN
WATCHES.
To Buyers of Watches
Everywhere.

,I,IlE greater part OF the jewellers Of the United
i states keep wal,ham W alches, and cordially
ar,,,,ncri them II their Gu -tcmers, notwithstand
ing the fact tia, less profit is made these watch
9. than any Others generally sold by the trade.
The reason Of this Is, that the reputation OF the
wa,t,sm wStch renders u an easy sale, and the
resuh il, that although ;hr dealer does not make
a much money on each individual watch "a he
NAV ON the sale OF other watches, he Is sti'i the
gamer through larger and liVelicr sales. There
are some however, among the trade, who do net
give the Waltham Watch that hearty support
which il deserves. This portion of the trade fan
g there l. more money to be made by dealing in
watches about which the public are ignorant, and
in which thcr, i less competition. and are con.
tent To make m occasional sale oi such watches
NJ large proH, II is this class Of dealers who,
when asked sbou; waliham watches, use that
Kind of language which leads the customer final.
Is 10 buy Just such watch asis the most profit.
able for the dealer TO sell
For the information o; persons about 10 buy =
watch and who may be unfavorably affected BY
the representations OF those unfricndly to our
watches, We call attention 10 the following suggcs-
tons,
=, wal,ha,a the Company have made and sold
about io,oJJ watches IN every town and village
vi the country some Vearry ii waliham wstch
may be found Lc; the party about 70 buy ask
TAI. owner of an American Watch this question
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YoU sArI>fAC.
TIoNs
We are 10; afraid 10 advise those wisainsso buy
a watch "a guide themselves hy the au.wer. Be
iag SAT- shed to The quality " The watch, thc
buyer h'- only 70 satisfy h.nsSI lrsI 'te " az
tn best ca this head We have few words to
say:
Hlsaweu known fIci in manufacturing, that
the greater the number OF article, manufactured
hy establishment. the smaller vial be Tho cost
u each ludt vidgal article kecpinc ihi~ ~ 'sew.
cur policy has always been e. eel orr prrsucts 1t
the lowest pose 'hle prize On order - secure large
sale ami thus enable ~ In manufacture watches
at minimum cost VIZ RELIEVE II SMALL
PROFITS AND \ LARGE BUSINESS The
policy We have success filly earned out and the
result Is that to-day manufacture twice a, ms
~ wa.ches a. all the other factories ia the Uuited
state, pat together w CAS-, THEREFORE,. Az
FORD To- sELL CHEAPER TIA THEY no, AND A.
UALII 10 SILL TwE>rr FIVE rER CRIT CHEAP.
tR THtN rHEY 10, QUALIFY fUR QUALITY.
We would further remark that in Increasing our
product NSc have constantly improved IT. OF Al
Try ANO IrS VARIETY We h,ve had The rc-
fissl of neari, ali inventions intended 10 improve
lime pieces and have adopted all those only,
whirh have proved o. be really valuable, We
hav, retained in our employment every head az n
department we have ever had, whose services
we're OF any Importance - the Company, and our
present corps uf designers and Muster mechanics
cannot bc eQuallcd IA this or any other country
In addition t. this We make gold and silver cases,
not only for Our own movements, but or tho>" Of
other n -toTics being the ony c~ilhli-h meni
thai turns out watches complete Ia every respect
A. these Watches are for sale by the trade gen
a.. 81. nj
tail pTons made most IN -cnable by competition,
ghe Company invariably decline orders Of n retail
charactrs
ROBBINS & APPLETON,