The Portland daily press., 1869-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
WALTHAM
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
the fact that less profit is made on these watches
than any others generally sold by the trade. The
reason OF this is, that the reputation of the Waham
Watch renders it an easy sale and the result is that
although the dealer does not make as much money
on each individual watch as be may on the sale of
other watches, he is sti the gamer through larger
and hvelier sales. There are some, however, among
the trade who do not give the waltham Watch that
nearly support which it deserves. This portion OF
the trade fancy there is more money to be made by
dealng in watches about which the public are ig-
norant, aud in which there is less competition, and
are content to make an occasional sale of such
watches at large profit. 1t is this class of deal
ers who, when asked about Waltham Watches, use
that kind of language which leads the customer f.
nally to buy just such watch as is the most profit
able for the dealer to sell.
For the information of persons abont to buy
watch, and who may be unfavorably affected by the
representations of those unfriendy to our watches
we call attention to the following suggestions:
Since the m manufacture of watches was initiated at
Waltham, the Company have made and sold about
100000 watches, In every town and village OF the
sountry some wearer OF Waltham Watch NAV be
found. Let the party about to buy ask this owner
an American Watch this question: 4a
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU SATISFAC-
TION? We are not affail to advise those wishing
to buy watch to guide themselves by the answer.
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: -ssgls 8aaif nsla q llls
1t is well known fact in manufacturing, that the
orroo oforf fl,o,,
establishment, the smaller will be the cost of each
individual article Keeping this in view our policy
has alway been to sell our products at the lowest
possible price in order to secure large sales, and
thus enable us to manufacture watches at a mini
mum cost. We believe i'm small profits and
a large business. This policy we have success
uliy carried out, and the result is that to-day we
manufacture twice as many watches as all the other
factories in the United States put together. We
can, therefore, aHsrd to sell cheaper than
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-fve
per cent. cheaper than they do, qualify for
qualify. M es5 slqs3
We would further remark that in increasing our prs
ductions we have constantly improved itsualty and
its variety. We have had the refusal Of nearly all in
ventions intended to improve time pieces and have
adopted all those, and those only which have provel
to be really valuabls. We have retained in our en-
ploylnent every heal of departmhnt we have ever
had, whose services were of any Importance to the
company, and our present corps of designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or any
other country. In addition to this we make gold
and silver cases, not only fer our own movements,
but for those of other fctores ours being the only
establishment that turns out watches complete in
every respect. aa laitna8d .a7slsa2 rQ
As these Watches are tor sale by the trade gener-
erallp throughout the United States and at retail