Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-18

WALTHAM
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To Buyers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part OF the jewellers Of the United
States keep Wa,tnam Watches, and cordially rec
ommend them to their CUSTOMERS. not w,thsfapdIng
the fact that less prodt Il made ON thess watches
than on any Others generally sold by the trade The
reason ofthls is. that the reputation tf the wa,h-
an Watch renders II an easy sale and the result 10
III at although the dealer does not make 60 mnch
money on eseh individual watch ~ he NAV ON the
sale ofother watches. he IL still tbs gamer through
larger and livelier sales. There are some however
among the trade, who do not give tho waltham
watch that hearty support which II deserves. This
portion Of the trade fancy there d more asnsy to
bsmads By dealing in watches about which he pub
lc are Ignorant and In which tAsrs 10 leo eompe-
ution, end are content 70 make a occasional sals
Of sueh watches Ct large profit. Il h THE cass ei
dealers sho, whom asked about Waltham watches
nee shss Kind ofiasguags which leads the eustome,
finally to buy just sueh wstch a. y the most prof
liable for the dealer to sell =
For the information Of persons abo1t to bu1a
vstcA, and who may b anfavorably affected By the
represen,a,ons OF those unfriendlv to watches
re cali attention 10 the following su ygeetlons:
since the manufacture Of watches was initiated a
Wa,hsm, the Compsny have made and soli abou
100000 watches. In every town and village
OF the country some weareF Of a wsltham watel
may be found. Let the party about to buy ask thi
owner Of an American Watch this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU sATISFAC
TION, We are not afraid to advise those wishing
to buy a watch to guide themselves by the answer
Being satisfied a, to the quality OF the watch, th
buyer has now only to safety himself that the Wal
than watches are THB CHEAPEST a well as th
best. On this bead we have few words to say:
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greater the number ofarticles manufactured BY on
establishment. the smaller win BE- the cost Of eac
individual article. Keeping this in view, our polio
has always been to sell our products At the loves
possible price In order to lrge sales. and thu
enable us to manufacture watches at . minimum cos
WE BELIEVE IN SMALL PROFIls AND
LARGE Business. This policy We have success
fully carried out. and tho result 10, that to-day
manufacture tvice a. many watches az all tho oths
factories In the United States put together We CAL
THEREFORE. AFFORD TO SILL CHEAPER TEAM THEY ID
AND ACTUAL Ly DO snL TWENTY-FIVE ZEN oExr CHA
m THAN THEY DO. QUALIFY roa QUALITY.
We would farther remark that In increasing o,
productions, We have constantly improved It's Ora
Try AND ITS VARIETY. We have had the refu cal
nearly all inventions intended 10 improve time pi
ces, and have adopted al those. and those onl
which nave proved to b. really valuable. We ha'
retained in our employ nsnts very head off depal
ment We have ever had Whose services were Of ~
: importance TO the compaLy. end our prsssai cor
| OF designers ana master mechanics cannot b equl
ed in this or any 0thel coaniRy. In addition to ii
We make g0la add silver cases, not only for our OF
movements, bat for thoes Of other factories, GU
being the osly establishment that turns out watch
complete In svery respect
As these Watches ere for sale By the trade gene
ally throughout the unised 0tates, and at . reti
profit mode moss reasonable b. competition, q
Company Invariably decline efders Of retail chs
| oeter.