The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-02-09
WALTEIAM
w AT CHE !
To Buyers of Watches Everywhere,

| The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
| States keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re-
| commend them to theircustomers, nOtwithstani.
ing the fact that Ices profit is made on these
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this Is, thst the reputA-
tion Of the Wsltham Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result Is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each ndiyi.
dual watch us he may on the sale Of other watch
es, he is still the gamer through larger and live
lier sales. There are some, however among tho
trade, who Dc not give the Walthsm Watch that
hearty support which II deserves. Thisportiou
portion Of the trade fancy there ia more money
ta be made by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant, and in which there Is
loss competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at large Proht.
II Is this clAss Of dealers who, when sskedsbOut
WaltLam Watches use that kind Of language
which lcais the customer finally to buy just such
a watch as is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell
lortho information Of persons about to buya
watch, and who may be unfAvorably affected by
the representations Of those unfriendly to our
va.ohes, We oull attention to the following sug
gettions:
Since the manufacture Of watches was inita'
ted at waltham, the company have and sold
about 400 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wearer Of a 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
ouyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Waltbam Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
we'll ~ the best. On this head we have few
words to say:
ItisawoIl known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by ere establishment, the smaller will be the
cost I'd, each individual article. Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at tho lowest possible price in order to Sc.
euro lnrge sales, and thus enable as to manuiao-
turo watches at minimum cost. We BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND a LAkGE BUSl.
NESS This policy We have successfully car
ried out, and tho result is, that to-day We manu-
flcturc twice as many watches "a all the other
factories in the uuifoi st'es pat together.
We can, therefore afford to sell Cheaper than
thoy do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five per
cont Cheaper than they do, quality tor quail
ity.
We would further romnrK that in Increasing
our productions W. have constantly improved its
QUALITY aND ITS VARIETY. We haye
had the Iof1saI yl u.aTIy all inventions intended
t., improve time pieces, and have adopted a.
those, md those only, which have proved to bo
really valuable We have retained in our ctn-
ploymont cvory head Of a department We have
ever had, whose services were OF any Importance
to tho company, and our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot he equaed in this or
any other country. In addition to this we make
gold and silver cases, not only tor our own move
mcuts but for those of other factories, ours being
the only establishment that turns out watches
complete n every respect
As those watches are for sale by the trade gen
orally throughout tho United States, and at ro-
toll profit made most honorable by competition,
! tho company invariably decHue orders Of retail
| character.
ROBBINS q APPLETON,
General Agents,
1e2 Broadway, n. Z.
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