The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-30
A vi f II i Q a N
WALTHAM
WATCHES.
To Buyers of Watches Ev'
arvWhnre

VA VAAOAV vs.
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
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 a large profit. 1t Is
this class of dealers who, when asked
about Waltham Watches, use that Kind Of
language whichlea. DIS the customer hnalt
ly to buy just such a watch, as is the mes
profitable for the dealer to sell.
For the information ofpersons about TO
| buy a watch, ana who may be unfavora.
| bly, affected by the representations OF
those unfriendly to our watches, we call
| attention to the following suggestions:
| Since the manufacture of watches was
|
made and sold about 40e, 900 watches. In
every town and village of the country
! some wearer of Waltham Watch may be
found. Let the party about to buy ask
this owner of an American Watch this
question::
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 Waltham
Watches are THE CHEAPEST as well as
the best. On this head we have q few
words to say;
| 1t is a well known fact in manufactur.
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, oul
policy has always been to sell our pro
ducts at the Il west possible price in order
, to secure large sales, and thus enable u.
to manufacture watches n, minimum
cost. WE BELIEVE IN SMALL PROF
ITS AND A LARGE BUSINESS. Thi
. policy we have successfully carried out
and the result Is, that to-day we manufac
ture twice rs many watches as all the 9th
!. | err factories in the United States put 20
, gether. We can, therefore, afford to sci
: Cheaper than they do, and actual, 40 sci
Twenty-Five per ceut. Cheaper than the,
: do, quality for quality.
We would further remark that in in
y creasing our product we have CONSTANT.
improved its QUALITY AND ITS VA
RIETY. We have had the refusal G
nearly all inventions intended to improv
time-pieces, and have adopted all those
and those only, which have proved to
really valuable. We have retained in GU
: employ ment every head of q departmer
\ we have ever had, whose services were {
, any importance to the Company, and on
present corps OF designers and maste
mechanics cannot be equaled in this Q
any other country. In addition to thi
we make gold and silver cases, not onl
for our own movements, but for those {
other factories, ours being the only estat
lishment that turns out watches complies
in every respect.
i. AS these watches are for sale by th
l. trade generally throughout the Unite
+, States, and at aretail profit made mo-
+. reasonable by competition, TIE Compan
? invariably decline orders Of a retail cha
~ acter.
Of A full line of these celebrated Watch'
\ always for saleat most reasonable pric,
le by TRASH Il BRO.
a. a, ROBBINS " APPLETON, Gent Agent
s. l82 Broadway, \. Y.