The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-08
SPECIAL NOTIoDs.
w ALTHAM
WATCHES!
70 payers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
states keep Waltham Watches, and cordially 70.
commend them 60 their customers, notwithstAnd
! ing the fact that less profit il made on these
watches than 90 any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputA-
tion Of the wAltham Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result is thst, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indivi-
dual watch as 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 the
! trade, who do not give the WGlthAm watch that
hearty support which It deserves. This portion
portion Of the trads fancy there Is more money
| to be made by dealing in watches about which
the public arc ignorant, and In which there IS
less competition, and srs content to make an
| occasional sale Of such watches at alarge profit.
Ills this class Of dealers who, when asksdNbout
Waltham Watches, use that Kind Of language
which leads the customer finally to buy just such
a watch ssls the most proata lie for the dealer
to sell
Iorthe information Of persons about to buy a
watch; and who may DO uniavorably aheeted by
the representations Of those unfriendly to our
va,ohes, We call attention to the following suB-
, gestions
, Since tho manufacture Of watches was inius'
l ted ut wsithAm, the company have and sold
r about 400 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wearer Of Wal
i than Watch may be found. Let the party soou
), to buy ask this owner Of Al American WA'ci
"a this question:
~ HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU salts
FACTION
G.. We arc not afraid to ask those wishing to bu.
ne b watch to guido themselves by the owner. BE
in ing Satisfied as to the quality Of the watch tn
~. BUYER has now only to satisfy himself that Ii
ce WaItham Watches are THE CHEAPEST d
ne well as tho best On this head we have fe
A.! words TO cay:
~, uisawcll known fact 10 manufacturing, tn
the greater tho number Of articles manufacture
700 by one establishment, the smaller will be- Il
m cost Of each individual article Keeping this
49, view, our policy has always been to sell our pr
our ducts at the lowest possible price in order to
'let cure large sales, and thus enable usto manufa
dc turo watches at 4 minimum oost We BELlEN
cy' IL SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUS
v, NESS. This policy we have successfully OF
~. ried out and the result lie, that to-day we mar
:, facture twice rs many watches "a all the OH
tho factories IN the United states put togeth
y To We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper tn
the they do, and actually do sell Twenty-Five
e Of cent Cheaper than they do, quality for gu
been ity.
noes We would further remark that in increas
uoh our productions We have constantly improved
'"" QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We h
had tue refusal Of nearly all inven tions Inton
l. q e. improve time-pieceI, and have adopted
the those, and those only, which have proved to
neal really valuable. We have retained in our
iuch sloyment every head Of a department We b
they ever had, whose services were ct any imPotta
rect to the CON any, aud our corps Of designers
agis' master mechanics cannot be equaled in THU
niger any other country In addition TO this we IN
VI" gold aud silver cases, not only for our own mt
ments but for those Of other factories ours be
en-, the only establishment that turns out watC
,pre. mplete in every respect.
inst As these watches are for sale by the trade
su orally throughout the United States, aud at a
odg tail profit made most honorable by competit
for the company invariably decline orders Of re
'Pe' character
sue ROBBINS g. APPLETo
y - General Agents,
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