The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-02-19
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 Waltham
Watch renders 1t an easy sale, and the result 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 sti the gamer through larger
and nvelier sales. There are some, however, among
the trade who do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which 1t deserves. This portion of
the trade fancy there Is more money to be made by
dealing in watches about which the public are ig-
norant aud in which there IL 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 Q
watch, and who may be unfavorably affected by the
representations of those unfriendly 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:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU SATISFACA
TION? We are not afraid to advise those wishing
to buy watch to guide themselves by the answer.
Being satisfied to the quality of the watch, the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watches are rHE CHEAPEST as well
as the best. On this head we have q 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 in view. policy
has Away been to sell our products at the lowest
possible price in order to secure large sales, and
thus enable us to manufacture watches at mini
mum cost. We believe in email profits and
n large business. This policy we have success
ully carried out, and the result is, that to-day
manufacture twice many watches as all the other
factories in the United States put together. We
can, therefore, aasrd TO sell cheaper than
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five
per cent. cheaper than they do, quality for
qualify.
We would further remark that in increasing pro-
auctions we have constantly improved itsQualty 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 proved
to be really valuable. We have retained in our en-
ployment every head of department. 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 any
other country. In addition to this we make gold
and silver cases, not only for our own movements,
but tor those of other factories being the only
establishment hatturns out watches complete in
every respect.
As these Watches are tor sale by the trade gener-
profit made most reasonable by competition, the
company invariably decline orders of retail char
ccter.
Robbins 81 Appleton,
General Agents,
sNfeseod&w1m lS2 BROADWAY N. ".