The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-14
a "a f Il i Q A N
WALTAAM
WATCHES,

10 Buyers OF Watches Everywhere.
The greater part OF the jewellers of the
United States keep Waltham Watches, and
cordially recommend. them to their Gus
toners, notwithstanding 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 reputation
Of the Waltham Watch renders 1t an easy
sale, and the result is, 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 still the gaiT or
through larger and livelier sales. There
are some, however, among the trade, who
do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which it deserves. This
portion of the trade fancy there Is more
money to be made by dealing in watches
about which the public are ignorant, and
in which there Is less competition, and
are content to mako an occasional sale
of such watches at q large profit. 1t is
this class OF dealers who, when asked
language whichlea, DIS the customer inalt
ly 20 buy just such q watch, as is the mes
profitable for the dealer to sell.
For the information of persons about to
buy watch. ana who may be unfavora.
bly, affected by the representations Of
those unfriendly to our watches, we call
attention to the following suggestions:
initiated at Waitham, the Company have
made and sold about 400, 900 watches. In
every town and village of the country
some wearer OF . Walthan Watch may be
found. Let tho party about to buy ask
this owner Of an American Watch this
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU
SATISFACTION:
We are not afraid TO advise those wish
ing to buy watch to guide themselves by
the answer. Being satisfied as to tho quail
ity of the watch, the buyer has now only
to satisfy himself that the Waltham
Watches are THE CHEAPEST a. well az
the best. On this head we have a few
words TO say:
Il is : we'll known fact in manufacture
ing, that the greater the number Of ar.
ticles 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, aud thus enable us
to manufacture watches a, q minimum
cost. WEBELIEVE IN SMALL PROF
ITS AND A LARGE BUSINESS. This
policy we have successfully carried out,
and the result Is, that to-day we manufac
ture twice as many watches as all the 9th
| or factories in the United States put co.
| gether. We can, therefore, afford TO sell
cheaper imam tney 90, ana actually 40 Sell
| Twenty Five per ceut. Cheaper than they
do, quality for quality.
We would further remark that in in
| creasing our product we have constantly
| improved its QUALITY AND ITS VA.
| RIETY. We have had the refusal oil
| nearly all inventions intended to improve
| time-pieces. and have adopted all those,
| and those My, which have proved to be
| really valuable. We have retained in our
| employment every HEAD OF a department
| we have ever had, whose services were OF
l any Importance to thu. Company, and ouI
present corps OF designers and master
l mechanics cannot be equaled in this OF
| any other country. In addition to this
| we make gold and silver cases, not only
| for our own movements. but for those O.
| other factories, ours being the only estab
iishulent that turns out watches complete
| in every respect.
As these watches are for sale by th,
trade generally throughout the Unitet
States, and at aretail profit made mos
| reasonable by competition, tie Compan,
! invariably decline orders Of retail char
! acter.
A full line OF these celebrated Watche
always for salsat most reasonable price
l by TRASK a. BRO.
ROBBINS a. APPLETON, Gent Agents
ls2 Broadway, n, Y.