The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-03
WLAEITEAANE
CHES
To Buyers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the Unite,
States keep WaItham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to thcircustomcrs, notwitbstand
tDg the fact that less profit is made on these
watches than On any others generally sold by tn,
trade. The reason Of this is, that the roputa
| tlon of the Waltbam Watch renders it an easy
sale, and tho result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indivi-
dual watch MS be may on the sale of other watch
es he is still the gamer through larger and live
lcr sales. There are some, however, among the
trade, VINO DO not give the Walthsm Watch that
/ hearty support which It deserves. This portion
/ portion Of tho trade fancy there is more money
to be made by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant, and in which there ia
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale of such Watches at a largo profit.
1t lie this class Of dealers who when asked about
Wal,ham Watches, use that kind of language
which leads tho customer finally buy just such
a watch as is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
orthe Information of persons about to buy a
/
| the Representations OF those unirendy to our
! wa'ohes, we call attention to the following sug.
| gestions:
| 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 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
a watch to guide themselves by the owner. Be-
ing satisfied rs to the quality Of the watch, the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
Ws.tham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head We have few
words to say:
lis awell known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manu- factured
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-
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to Sc.
cure largo sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
tuEe watches at minimum cost WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI-
NESS. Th.s policy we have successfully car
ried out, and The result is, that to-day we manu-
Eacture twice a' many watches rs Gil the other
factories in tho 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 We have constantly improved Its
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
lad the rofusa Of nearly all inventions intended
- improve tme-pieccs, and have adopted all
those, and thu So only, which have proved TO be
really valuable We have retained in our em'
FIoymeut every head of a department we have
ever had, whose services were OF any Importance
to 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
god aud silver eases, not only for our own move
mons, 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 gen
orally throughout the United States, and at re-
tai. profit made most honorable by competition
the company invariably decline orders Of retail
character.
ROBBINS d APPLETON,
General Agents,
lea 8FosdwaYs ~. "