The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-02-15
~ SPECIAL NOTICES. w
b 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 on any others generally sold by the trade Inc
reason OF this is that the reputation OF the Wanam
Watch renders It easy sale, and the result
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 Hvelier 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 money to be made by
in watches about which the public are ig-
norant, aud In which tnere IL ICES 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 H.
nally to buy just such watch is the most profit
able for the dealer to sell. s0.tr
For the information of persons abont to buy O
watch, and who may be unfavorably affected by the
representations of those unfrendly to our watche
we call attention to the following suggestions:
Since the manufacture of watches was initiated at
Waltham, the Company have made and sold about
100000 watches, In every town and village OF the
country some wearer Of a waltham Watch may be
found. Let the party about to buy ask this owner
an American Watch this question: @ --1i
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU SATISFAC-
| TON? We are not afraid 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
IS the best. On this head we have few words &c
say: g4 I'll s5l.aa s35is ~ -llG
Its well known fact in manufacturing, that thu
greater the number of articles manufactured BY one
establishment, the smaller will be the cost of eacf
individual article Keeping this in view our policy
has Away been to sell our products at the loves,
possible price In ards. s.rye saIes, anc
thus enable us TO manufacture watches at o mini
mum cost We believe i'm small preats and
large business. This policy we have success
ully carried out, and the result is, that to-day
manufacture twice as many watches all the other
factories in the United States put together. We
! can, therefore, aRSrd GO SELF cheaper than
they do, aad actin ely do sell TWEEN ty.nv.
per cent. encaper than they do, qualify for
qualify. 80 Lm.u01 i
We would further remark that in increasing our prc
auctions we have constantly improved Quality ant
its variety. We have had the refusal of nearly all in
ventons intended to improve time pieces, and hav,
adopted all those and those only which have proved
to be really vaiuabl,. We have retained in our EN-
ployment every hea of a department we have eve
had, whose services were of any Importance to the
company, ard our present corps OF designers and
master mechanics cannot be eqnaled in thus or an,
other country. In addition to this we make gold
and silver cases, not only for our own movements
but tor those ofother factories, being the onl.
establishment That turns out watches omplete il
| every respect.
Asthese Watches are tor sale by the trade gener
erap throughout the United States, and at a retail
profit made: most reasonable by competition, tn,
company invariably decline orders of retail char
ccter,
Robbins Sc Appleton,
General Agents,
| sNfe8eod&w1m lS9 Broadway N. ".