The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-19
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70 Buyers Of Watches EvOrywhoro.

The greater part Of the jewellers of the United
States keep Walthau Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to tbe,rcustomors, notwithstand-
ing the fact that les' profit is made on theso
watches than on any others generally sold By the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputa-
tton Of the WaIthsm Watch renders it an easy
sale, and tho result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indivi-
dual watch as he may on the sale Of other watch
es, he sis still the gamer through larger and live
ller sales There are some, however among the
trade, who do not give the WalthAm Watch that
hearty support whiohit deserves. This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
| u lie made Wy dealing in watches shout which
the public arc ignorant, and in which there Is
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at a large profit
1t is this class Of dealers who, when asked about
W0ltham Watches, use that Kind of language
which leads tho customer finally to buy just such
a watch asis the most profitable for tho dealer
to sell.
orthe information Of persons about to buy a
watch; and who may be uufavorably affected by
the representations Of those uufriondly to our
wa,ohcs, we call attention to the following sug
gestions
Since the manufacture of watches was india
ted at WsItham, tho company have aud sold
about 1000 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wearer Of a 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
watch to guide themselves by the owner. Be
ing Satisfied as to the quality OF the watch, tn,
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that tn
Waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST a
well a. tho best. On this head We have q few
words to say
Itisa we'll known fact in manufacturing tina
the greater the plumber Of articles manufacture
by one establishment, the smaller will be tn
cost Of each individual article. Keeping this Il
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to &c
ture watches at q minimum cost. WE BELlENl
IN SNAIL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSl
NESS. This policy we have successfully car
ried out, and the result s, that to-day we manu-
facture tw ce rs many watches as all the othe
factories in tho United STATES put together
We can, therefore afford 10 sell Cheaper tina
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five pc
cent. Cheaper than they do, quality for qua
ity.
We would further remark thst in inCrcssin
our productions we have constantly improved II
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We hav
had the refusal Of nesrly all inventions ntende
TO improve time pieces, and have adopted q
those, and those only which have proved to
really valuable. We have retained IN our en-
d ploymeut very head Of q department we hsy
ever had, whose services were OF any important
so the con pany, and our corps of designers al
, master mechanics cannot be equaled in this {
any other country. In addition 10 this We max
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
ments, but for those Of other factories ours BEN
b the only establishment that turns out watch'
complete 4 every respect.
I As these watches are for sale by the trade gel
+ orally Throughout. the United States, snd at a ?
tail profit made most honorable By eomPeti tic
the company invariably decline orders of a reta
character
ROBBINS & APPLETON
General Agents,
: asa Broadwsy, ~. Y.