The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20
A M E r. &c A N
WALTAAM
WATCHES.
To Buyers of Watches Ev.
erYWhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers of the
United States keep Waltham Watches, and
cordially recommend them to their Gus
toners, Notwithstanding the fact that less
profit is made on these watches than on
any others generally sold by the trade
The reason of this is, that the reputation
of the Waltham Watch renders 1t an easy
sale, and the result Is, that, although the
dealer does not make as much money on
each individual watch as he may on the
sale of other watches, he is still the gamer
through larger and livelier sales. There
are some, however, among the trade, who
do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which it deserves. This
portion OF the trade fancy there Is more
money to be 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 q large profit. 1t is
this class of dealers who, when asked
about Waltham Watches, use that Kind of
language which leads the customer final
ly to buy just such a watch, as is the NEST
profitable for the dealer to SELL
For the information of persons about to
buy a watch. ana who may be unfayora.
bly, affected by the representations of
those unfriendly to our watches, we call
attention to the following suggestions:
Since the manufacture of watches was
initiated at Waltham, the Company have
made and sold about 400, 900 watches. In
every town and village of The country
some wearer OF q WalthaM Watch NAV lie
found. Let the party about to buy ask
this owner of an American Watch this
question::
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU
SATISFACTION:
We are not afraid to advise those wish
ing to buy watch to guide themselves by
the answer. Being satisfied as to the quail
ity of the watch, the buyer has now only
TO satisfy himself that the Waltharn
Watches are THE CHEAPEST as we'll as
the best. On this head we have a few
words TO say:
1t is well known tact i'm manufacture
ing, that the greater the number OF ar.
ticles manufactured by one establishment
the smaller will be the cost of each indi-
vidual article. Keeping this in view, our
policy has always been to sell our pro-
| ducts at the IL west possible price in order
to secure large sales, and thus enable us
| to manufacture watches al a minimum
cost. WE BELIEVE IN SMALL PROF
ITS AND A LARGE BUSINESS. This
policy We have successfully carried out,
and the result is, that to- day we manufac
ture twice as many watches as all the 9th.
err factories in the United States put 60.
gether. We can, therefore, afford to sell
Cheaper than they do, and actually do sci
Twenty Five per ceui. Cheaper than they
do, quality for quality.
We would further remark that in in
creasing our product we have constantly
improved its QUALITY AND IT'S VA
RIETY. We have had the refusal o
nearly all inventions intended to improv,
time-pieces. and have adopted all those
and those My, which have proved to b,
really valuable. We have retained in GU
employment every head OF department
we have ever had, whose aervics were O
any importance to the Company, and GU
present corps OF designers and maste
mechanics cannot be equaled in this 0
any other country. In addition to thi
we make gold and silver cases, not OIL
!. for our own movements. but for those 9
other factories, ours being the only estat
lishment that turns out watches compile,
in every respect.
As these watches are for sale by til
trade generally throughout the Unite
States, and at aretail profit made moi
reasonable by competition, the Compan
invariably decline orders OF retail char
acter.
A full line of these celebrated Watch,
always fof sale at moat reasonable pri G.
, by TRASk & BRO.
ROBBINS Il APPLETON, Gen'I Agent
ls2 Broadway, N. Y.