The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-26
A NJ Err I G a N
WALTHAM
w WATCHES.
To BUYERS Of Watches Ev'
eryWhofe. f

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the
United States keep Waltham Watches, and
cordially recommend them TO their GUS
toners, Notwithstanding The not that les
profit il made on these watches than on
any others generally sold BY the trade
Of the Waltham watch renders It an easy
sale, and the result Is, that, although the
dealer does not make rs much money on
each individual watch as he may on the
sale Of other watches, he II still the gamer
through larger and livelier sales. There
are some, however, among the trade, who
do not give the Waitham Matcn that
portion of the trade fancy there Is moro
money to be made by dealing In watches
about which the public are ignorant, and
in which there Is less composition, and
are content to make an occasional sale
Of such watches at large profit. It is
this Glass OF dealers who, when asked
about waltham Watches, use that kind Of
~ to buy Just such watch, - u the mos
profitable for the dealer to sell
For the Information Of persons about to
buy q 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 l0e, 00e wa1ches. In
every town and village of the country
some wearer of . Walthan Watch may be
found. Let the party about to buy ASK
this owner Of an American Watch this
HAS -FOUR WATCH aIvEN you
We are not afraid to advise those wish.
ing to buy q watch to guide themselves by
the answer. Being satisfied a. to the quail
ity of the watch, the buyer has now only
to satisfy himself that the Waltham
Watches are THE CHEAPEST as well az
the best. On this head We havea few
words to say: i5
1t is q well known fact in manufacture
ing, that the greater the number Of ar.
ticlee manufactured by one establishment
the smaller will be the cost OF each indi-
vidual article. Keeping this in view. our
policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the II west possible price In order
| to secure large sales, and thus enable US
to manufacture watches al minimum
cost. WE BELIEVE IN SMALL PROF
policy we have successfully carried out,
and the result Is, that to-day we manufac
ture twice M many watches - all the 9th.
| or factories in the United States put TO-
/ gether. We can, therefore, afford to sell
| Cheaper than they do, and actually 40 sell
twenty-five per c0ut. cheaper tnan they
do, quality for quality. -
| We would further remark that in in.
creasing our product we have constantly
improved It's QUALITY AND ITS VA.
| RIETY. We have had the refusal Of
nearly all inventions intended to improve
time pieces. and have adopted all those
and those only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained In oul
! employment every hes.d OF = department
| We have ever had, whose services were o.
any importance to the Company, and oul
present corps OF designers and mastel
mechanics cannot be equaled in this Of
any other country. In addition to THU
We make gold and silver cases, not Only
for our own movements. but for those o.
other factories, ours being the only estab
nshment that turns out watches complies
In every respect.
/ Az these watches are for sale by til,
trade generally throughout the Unitet
States, and ct aretail profit made mos
reasonable by competition, TIE Company
Invariably decline orders Of a retail char
acter.
A full line of these celebrated Watches
always for saleat most reasonable prices
by TRAEK q BRO.
ROBBINS g. APPLETON, Gen'l Agents
! lB1 Broadway. N. Y.