The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-11
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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 to their customers, notwithstaud.
ing the fact that less profit is made on these
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this il, that the reputa.
tion of the Walthsm Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indiy-
dual watch rs he may Oh the sale OF other watch
es, he is still the gamer through larger and live
licr sales. Thare are come, however, among the
trade, who do not give the WaltAam Watch that
hearty support whioh 1t deserves. This portion
portion of tho trade fancy thore il more money
to bo 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 large profit.
It is this class Of dealers who, when askedabout
Waltham Watches, use that kind Of language
which leads the customer finally buy just such
q watch asis the most profitable for the dealer
to cell,
orthe information Of personS about to hmy "
81 -- r..eontatons Of those unfriendy to our
wa!ohes, we call attention to the following sug-
| gestions:
Since the manufacture Of watches wns initia.
ted at Watham, the company have and sold
about 400, 600 watches. In every town and
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
thls question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU salts.
FACTION?
We sro 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, the
oGyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Watham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the 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 manu- factured
by one establishment the smaller will be the
cost of each individual article. Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at tie lowest possible price in order to Sc
cure large sales, and thus en- able us to manufao-
ture watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI,
NESS. This policy We have successfully car
ried out, aad the result s, that to -day we manu-
facture tw zee as many watches as sill 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 Wou1 further remark that in increasing
our productions We have constantly improved its
QUALITI AND IT'S VARIETY. We have
had the refusal Of nearly all inven ton intended
TO improve time-pieoes, and have adopted ell
those, and hose only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained in our ON.
FIoyment every head Of department We have
ever had, whose services were OF any Importance
80 the company, aud our corps of designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
any other country In addition to this we make
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
ments, but for those of other factories ours being
The only establishment that TURKS out watches
complete in every respect.
As these watches are for sale by the trade gen.
orally throughout the United States aud at a re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition
the company invariably decline orders Of retail
character.
ROBBINS d APPLETON,
General Agents,
1sa Broadway ER. ".