The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-27
WALTHAM
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70 Buyers of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
States keep WaItham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to thcrcustomers, notWithstand-
ing the fact thu. less profit is made on thesc
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputA.
ton Of the Waltham Watch renders it an easy
sale and The result is that, although the dealer
does not mako as much money on each indiyl.
dual watch as be may on the snle of other watch
es hO is still the gamer through larger and live
ler sales. There are some, however, among the
trade, who do not give tho Watham Watch that
hearty support which IL deserves. Tnia portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
to he made by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant, aud in which there IS
| less competition, and are content to make al
| occasional sale Of such watches at large profit.
It is this class Of dealers who, whom asked about
Watham Watches, use that kind Of language
which Ioais the customer finally to buy just such
a waton Ms is the most profitable for the dealer
to solI.
orthe information Of persons about to buy
watch; and who may be unfsvornby affected by
tho r,,........ .-.--- ,nuse uuirieudly to our
wa'ohos, we call attention TO tho following sug-
gestons;
Since the manufacture Of watches was initia.
ted ut Waltham, the company have and sold
about 400, 900 watches. In every town and
| village Of the country some wesrer Of a Wal
than Watch may be found Let the party about
10 buy ask this owner Of an American Watch
| this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU salts,
4 FACTION?
We ore not afraid to ask those wishing to buy
d watch to guide themselves by the owner Be-
/ Jag satisfied as to the quality of the watch, the
/ buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
/ Wstbam Watches are THE CHEAPEST "a
/ well rs the best On this head we have few
words to say
| Itlsa well known fact la manufacturing, that
| tn" greater the number Of articles manu- faotured
! by one establishment, the smaller will be the
cost each individual article. Keeping this in
view, .n- policy has always been to sell our pro-
| ducts az the lowest possible price in order to &c.
| cure large sales, nri thus enable ia to manufac-
ture watches at a minimum cost. WEBELIEVE
IN SMALL PkvtIISAND A LARGE BUST.
! NESS. his Pot,y VIC have successfully car.
ried out and the result is, that day we manu-
tacture i8 90 rs many watches as ell the other
ts''ore. 10 the Jnttsd States put together.
we can therefore afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually DO sell Twenty-Five per
cent Vheaper than they do, quality for quail
ity
We would further remark that in increasing
our pFoiueIous " lave constantly improved its
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
nad Ibs refusal o. arsrly all inventions intepded
- Improve 1me- pieces, and have adopted all .
'''>s' ana 'I'se oa.y, which have proved to lie .
really value. e. We have retained in GU, en-. .
FIoyment e1ery head Of a department We have
over 11i' "-'sr services were OF any Importance
70 tue com Pay, and our corps Of designers and
master me'aturs cannot be cquslei in this or
any other 'o.uty. In addition to this we make
solu anu SILVER cases not only for our own move
h'D''' '1' j.. tbascof other factories, ours being
the only establishment that turns out watches
complete III cry respect.
as 'ne'e watches are for sale by the trade gem
orally Throughout ,hc United States. aud at a re-
IAN P''D' MAZE mn't honorable BY competition,
'ns company nysrsbly decline orders Of retail
character.
ROBBINS d APPLETON,
General Agents,
asa Broadway, y. z.
febGdV3n.