The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-12
W.ALTHAM
WAT CHES
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, notwithstand.
| ing 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 reputa-
| ton Of tbs Waltnam Watch renders it an easy
sale and the result is thAt, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each ndivi-
dual watch rs he may on the sale Of other watch,
eS, he is still the gamer through larger and live
Her sales. There are some, however, among the
trade, who DO not give tho WGIthSm Watch that
hearty support which II deserves. This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
t. he made by dealing IN watches about which
the public are ignorant and in which there 10
less competition, and are content TO make an
occasional sale o. zach FatchsT a. a large profit
II is this class Of dealers who, when asked about
Wsltham Watches, use that kind of language
which leads the customer finally to buy ju,t such
watch as 10 the most proGta lo for the dosler
to soil.
orthe Information Of persons About to buy a
watch; and who may be unfavorably affected by
the representations Of those unfrtsudly 10 our
wa.oha., ve onu attention to the following sug-
! goStions:
! Since the manufacture Of watches WAS initia.
ted OF Wslthsm, the company have and sold
! about 1000 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some weqrer Of Wal
tbam Watch may be found. Let the party about
to buy ask this owner Of an American Watch
this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU Salts
FACTION?
We are not afraid to ask those wishing to buy
watch 30 guide themselves by the owner. Be
iuE satisfied as 70 the quality Of the watch, tho
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Walthsm Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well a, the best. On this head we have few
words to say:
sis we'll known fact in mann featuring, that
the greater tho number Of articles Manufactured
| BY Que establishment, the smaller viii be the
cost Of each individual article Keeping this 10
| view, our policy has always been 10 sell proc
duets At the lowest possible pave in order to Sc.
cure 'srge sales, aud thus enable us to manuFao-
tufe watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEVE
| IL SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI-
| NESS. This policy We have successfully car
ried out aud the result is, that to-day we manu-
tactufs ~ &c ~ many watches as all the other
| fscIo'sc, ia the United STATES put together.
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they 10, and actually do sell twenty-five per
4bu, tbau do al
ity.
We would further remark that in increasing
our productions We have constantly improved its
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
had the refusal Of nearly all inyen tions intended
to improve time-pieceS, and have adopted ell
those, Had those only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained in our EN-.
Ploymeut every head of a department we have
ever had whose services were OF any Importance
TO the company, and our corps Of designers and
msster mechanics cannot be equAlsd in this OF
any other country. In addition to this We make
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
ments but Tor those Of other factories, ours being
| the only esIa5liShmout that turns out watches
complete every respect.
As these watches are for sale by the trade gen
! orally throughout the United States, aud at re-
tail profit made mos, honorable By competition
the company invariably decline orders Of a retail
character.
ROBBINS d. APPLETON,
General Agents,
asa Broadway, 70. z.
fsbSdVin,