The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-10
WAATEAA-NG
w CHE S
70 Buyers Of Watches Every where

Tho greater part Of the jewellers of the United
States keen Watham Watches and cordially r.
commend them TO thoircustouors, notwithstaud.
ing the iaet that less profit is made on theqo
watches than on any others generally soli Ivy the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the roputa-
tion Of the WaItdam Watch rondcrs it an easy
sale, and the 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 wntch-
es, he is sl.i the gamer through larger and live
lier sales. There are some, however. among the
| trade, who do not give the WatbAm Watch that
! hearty support which it deserves. This portion
| portion Of tho trade fancy there is more money
to be made by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant, and in which thOro IS
| less competition, aud are content TO mako an
occasional sale Of such watches at large profit
1t is this class of dealers who, when ask ed about
| Waltham Watches, use that kind of language
which leads the customer finally tobuy just such
II watch asis the most prodta 10 for the dealer
/ to sell
| or the Information Of persons aboutto buy Il
watch, and who may be uufavorubly affected by
| the representations Of those "nfri'"dly to our
o,o,.r., We call attention to the following sug-
gestions'
Since the manufacture Of watches WAS inltin.
ted at WaItham, the company have and cold
about 400, 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some weqrer 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
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head we have a few
words to say:
Itis well known fact in manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
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 the lowest possible phi in order to Se
cure large sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
ture watches ataminimum cost WE BELlE\ +
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSl-
NESS. Tins policy we have successfully car
ried out, and he result s, that to-day we manu-
facture TWICE as many watches as oil the other
factories IN 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 would further remark that in increasing
our Produe .ps We have constantly improved it,
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY We have
had the refusal of nearly all inyeu tions intended
to improve rue-pieces. and have adopted a..
those, AMI t-,se ooIy, which have proved t. b"
really valuable. We have retained in our enc
FloymeDt every head of department We asye
ever lad, wa.sc services were OF any Importance
10 the company, and our corPsof designers and
. master mechanics cannot be equsled IN this or
any other country. In addition to this we make
gold aud silver gases, not only for cur own move
ments, bat for those of other factories ours being
the only establishment that turns out watches
complete iav'e-y respect
As these watches are for sale by the trade gen
i orally tnrousHou, the [ nited States aud at re-
tail profit made mos, honorable by competi ton
the company invariably decline orders OF retail
character.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents,
asa Broadway, ~. =.
! fsbGdv2R.