The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-13
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TO Buyers OF Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the Unitod
States keep Waaham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them 20 theirousfomers, notwithstand.
ing the fat that less profit is made on these
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this lie, that the reputa.
zion Of the Waltham Watch renders It an easy
sale, and the result Is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indiyi-
dual watch as be may the sale Of other watch.
e., he is sill the gamer through larger and live
Her sales, There are some, however, among the
trade, who do not give tho WalthAm Watch that
hearty support which it deserves. This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there IS more money
t. be made by dealing 10 watches about which
the public are ignorant and in which thero Is
les' competition, aud are content to make an
OCCASIONAL sale Of such watches at alarge profit.
II is this class Of dealers who, when asked about
Waltham Watches, use that Kind of language
which leads the customer finally 70 buy just such
watch ash, the most proaa lie for the dealer
to sell.
or the information Of persons about to buy
watch and who may DO unfavoraby affected by
the representatlous Of thos" ""tE'endiy to our
-.,-n--, No call attention to tho following sug.
! geItons:
Since the manufacture Of watches was initia.
! ted at Waltham, the company have and sold
about 400 600 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wearor Of Wal
than 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 to guide themselves by the owner. Be
ing satisfied as to the quality Of the watch, the
ouyor has now only to satisfy himself that the
Watdsu Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head we have few
words TO say:
Itis a wen known fact 10 manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by one establishment, the smaller viii be the
cost Of each Individual article Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
duct. at the lowest possible pIi,e in order to se.
cure IAr-a sales, and thus enable us to manurao-
ture watches at minimum cost WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI. |
MESS. bis policy We have successfully car
Rod o1. aud the result is, that to-day we II anu
iActure '"oe as many watches as oil the other
factories In the United States put together
We can therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than |
they DO and actually do sell Tworty-f Per
cent Cheaper than they do, quality for quail |
ity.
We We further remark that in increasing !
our professions " have constantly improved it, |
QUALITY AND IT'S VARIETY We have
had the Te'1'al Of nearly all inven tons intended
TO Improve time pieces, and have adopted oil |
those, An hose only, which have proved 10 be |
really va liable We have retained in our ON. |
Fioymc4; very heal Of n department We have
ever had shJse services we're OF any Importance
70 the company, and our corps of designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
any other country, In addition to this We make
gold Ao1 SILVER cases, not only for our own N ove-
ment'' Dug ioT those Of other factories ours being
the Only establishment that turns out watches
complete every respect.
As tue'e watches are for sale by the trade gen
orally throughout the United States aud ~ re-
tail proi' made most honorable BY com peti ton
the company Invariably decline orders Of retail.
character.
ROBBINS e. APPGHToN,
General Agents,
16o Broadway, ~. z,
fshAaS1n.