The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-03
sPnCxAx NOTI0nS.
wALTHAM
WATCHES!
70 payers Of Watches Everywhere.

Tho greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
| States keep Waltham Watches, aud cordially re-
commend them TO their customers, notWithStand
ing 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 reputa.
llon Of the wGlthAm Watch renders it m easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indyi-
dual watch as he may on the sale Of other watch
e., he is still the gsuer through larger and live.
| lier sales. There are some, however, among the
trade, who do not give the WGlthAm Watch that
hearty support which Il deserves. This portion
| 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 en-
occasional sale Of such watches at SlargO profit.
II is this class Of dealers who, when asked about
wal,ham Watches, use that kind Of language
which leads the customer finally to buy just such
a watch as Is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
orthe information Of persons about to buy
watch; and who may be unfayorably affected by
the representations Of those unfriendly to our
va 'ebsI, we call attention to the following sug
geStions;
Since the manufacture Of watches was initia.
ted at WAlthAm, the company have and sold
about 400, 900 watches In every town and
village Of the country some wosrer 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 sATIs.
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 tn,
WAltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST al
well as the best. On this head we have few
words to say;
> Itisnwell known fact In manufacturing, tina
the greater the number Of articles manu- lacturet
{ by one establishment the smaller will be tn
J cost Of each individual article Keeping this II
e view, our policy has always been to sell our pro
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to sc
cure large sales, and thus enable US to mHnufsc
i turo watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEyi
II IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUsl
a., NESS. This policy We have successfully cal
4 red out, and the result is, that to-day we MANI
n facture twice as many watches as oil the otht
factories IN the United Sta,es put togethe
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper tina
they do, and actually do sell TweEty-f p,
IS cent. Cheaper than they do, quality for qua
II ity.
= We would further remark that ia ncreasil
~, our productions w have constantly improved /
u. QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We la
ht bad the refusal Of nearly all inven tiUus
til t. improve time-pieceS, and have adopted
by those, and those only, which have proved to
Id really valuable. We have retained in our et
lie Floymeut eycry head Of a department we ha
ht ever had, whose services were OF any impuTtan
~ to the company, and our corps Of designers a
master mechanics cannot be equaled In this
~, any other country. In adduioHto this we ma
nf gold aud silver cases, not only for our own NOV
,rt mcns but for those Of other factories ours bel
n. tho only osta blishment that turns out watch
complete in every respect.
nd As those watches are for sale by the trade ge
10 orally throughout the United States, and at r
ia tail profit made most honorable by eompetitio
u the company invariably decline orders of reta
character.
n. ROBBINS e. APPLETON
If General Agents,
', 1s2 Broadway, NJ. Y.