The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-04
WALEHAM
WATCHES
To Buyers OF Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
States keep Watham Watches, and cordially re.
c0mmcnf them to thcircustomcrs, notwithstaud,
ing the tact 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.
tion Of the WaItham Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indvi-
dual watch As he may on the sale Of other watch
es, heis still the gamer through larger and live
her sales. There are some, however, among the
trade, who 10 not give the Walthsm Watch that
hearty support which il deserves. This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
10 be made by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant. and in which there Is
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at large profit
l, ia THE class Of dealers who, when asked shout
Waltham Watches, use that kind of language
which Icsds the customer finally to buy just such
Il watch asis the most profta lie for the dealer
to sell
iorthe Information of persons about to hey a
watch; aud who may he uuiavoraNs ~Hoo'eu ~
tho rerroscr,~.r.--- u tnose unireudly to our
! wNohes, We call attention to the following sug-
gestions:
Since the manufacture Of watches was inita
ted at WaIthsm, tho company have and sold
about 400, 600 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some weqrer Of q 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
a watch to guide themselves by the owner. Be
Ing satisfied as to tho quality Of the watch, the
ouyeI has now only to satisfy himself that the
WaItham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head we have a few
words to say
Itisa well known fact In manufacturing that
the greater the number Of articles manu- featured
by one establishment, the smaller will be the
cost Of each individual article. Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to Sc
cure large sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
ture watches at a minimum cost. WEBBLlEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI-
NESS. This policy We have successfully car
Tied out, and the result is, that to-day we manu-
facture twice as many watches as ell the other
factories in the United States put together,
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five per
cent Cheaper than they do, quality for quail
ity.
We would further remark that in increasing
our productions Ne have constantly improved It's
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
had the refusal Of nearly all inven tons intended
to improve time-pieces, and have adopted oil
those, and tn ose only, which have proved TO be
really valuable We have retained in our em'
F!9yuent every head of department we have
ever mad, whose services were of any Importance
to the company, and our corps of designers and
ma ter mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
any other country. In additionto this we make
guii aud silver Eases, not only for our own move
ments but for those Of other factories, ours being
the only establishment that turns out watches
complete in every respect.
As these watches are for sale by the trade gem
orally throughout the United States, and at a re-
tail profit made most honorable By comPeti tion
the company Invariably decline orders Of a retail
character.
RoBBINs ii APPLETON,
General Agents,
1aa Broadway, ~. z.