The Portland daily press., 1869-03-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
w ALTHAM
WATCHES.
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 Notwithstanding
tne iact that less profit is made on these watches
'n on any Others generally sold by tbe trade. The
Oh TINS 49, that the reputation of the Waltham
Iehuers 1t an easy sale, and the result Is, that
aitnough 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 hvelier sales There are some, however, among
the trade, who do notgive the Waltham Watch that
nearly support which it deserves. This portion of
the trade fancy there is more money to be made by
oeaiing In watches about which the public are ig-
norant, and in which there is less competition and
are content to make occasional sale o. such
watches at large profit. 1t is this class of dealers
who, when asked about the waltham Watches. use
tnat Kind of language which leads the customer f.
able tor the dealer to SELL
For the information OF persons about to buy
watch, and who may be unfavorably 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 Watham, the Company have made and sold
about 100000 watches. In every town and village of
tne country some wearer Of Waltham Watch may
be found Let the party about to buy ask this own
or OF an American Watch this question::
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU SATISFAC-
IloN? Weare not afraid to advise those wishing
to buy watch to guide themselves by the an
swer Being 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 few words to say:
Its 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 view, our policy
has always been to sell products at the lowest
possible price in order to large Sales and thus
enable us to manufacture watches at minimum
cost. We believe i'm small profits and n
large business. This policy we have successfully
carried out, and the result s that to-day we manu-
faoure twice as many watches all the other fac
tories 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 fer
qauIity.
We would further remark that in increasing our
production We have constantly improved its Quail
ity and its Variety. We have had the refusal of
nearly all inventions intended to improve time
pieces and have adopted all those and those only,
which have proved to be really valuable. We have
retained in our employment every head of depart
ment we have ever had, whose services were of any
Importance to the Company, and our present corps
of designers and master mechanics cannot be equal
ed in this or any other country. In addition to
this we make gold and silver cases. not only for our
own movements, but for those of other factories,
ours being the only establishment that turns out
watches complete in every respect.
As these Watches for sale by the trade gener-
ally throughout the United States, and at retail
profit, made most reasonable by competition, the
company invariably decline orders OF retail char
acter. fa
ROBBINS D. APPLETON,
General Agents,
sNmar23eod&wIm 1S2, Broadway, N. ".