The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-24
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70 Buyers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
States keep Watham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to theircustomcrs, notwithstand-
ing the fact that less profit ia made on these
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputa-
ton Of the Walthsm Watch renders it an easy
sale, aud the result is that, although the dealer
/ does not make as much money on each lndIv.-
dual watch as he may on the sale Of other watch
e., he ID still the gamer through larger and live
| licr salos. There are some, however, among the
! trade, who do not give the WathAm Watch that
hearty support which II 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 Is
! less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at alarge profit.
1t is this class of dealers VINO, when asked about
Waltham Watches, use that kind of language
which leads tho customer finally tobuy Just such
n watch as is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
orthe information Of persons about TO buy a
watch; and who may be unfavorably affected by
tho representations Of those uufriendly to our
| wAohes, we call attention to the following sug-
| g,stions
Since the manufacture Of watches was iuitia.
ted at Waltham, the company have and sold
about 400,O 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some welrer Of Wal
than Watch may DO 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 the quality Of the watch, the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
WaItbam Watches arc THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head we have n few
words to say:
1t is well known fact in manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by one establishment, the smaller will bo 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 mAnufso-
tuTe watches at minimum cost. WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI-
NESS This policy we have successfully car
ried out, and the result is, that to-day We manu-
facture twice as many watches Us oil 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 We have constantly improve Its
QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
had the refusal Of nearly all inyeu tons Intended
to improve time-pieces, and have adopted all
those, and those only, which have proved to be
really valuable We have retained in our em.
Floyment every head Of department we have
ever had, whose services were of any Importance
to the mpany, and our corps of designers and
master mechanics cannot he eQualed in this or
any other country. In addition to this we make
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
meats, but for thoSeo 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, aud at a re-
tail profit made most honorable BY competitiop.
the company invariably decline order, of a retail
character.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents,
1e2 Broadway, n. z.
fsb4dv9m.