The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-02-17
WALTHAM
WAT CHES!
To Buyers of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of tho jewellers of the United
States keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them to their customers, notwithstand.
ing the fact 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 Waltham Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indivi-
dual watch rs he may on the sale Of other watch
os, he isttll the gamer through larger and live
ler sales. There are some, however among the
| trade, who do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support whicht deserves. This portion
portion Of the 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 a large profit
Il is this class Of dealers who, when aSkedsbOut
WalIham Watches use that kind Of language
which leafs the customer finally tobuy Just such
a watch as ts the most prOGta 10 for the dealer
to sell
Tor the information Of persons about to buy
the representations Of those unfriondly to our
wa ches, we call attention to the following sug'
gestons'
Since the manulacture Of watches was initia'
tod at waltham, tho company have and sold
about 4oo, 900 watches. In every town and
village ot tho country some wearer Of Wal
than Watch may be found Let the party about
.T
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
ouyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head We have few
words to say:
ItisGwell known fact Ia manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by ono 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
euro large sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
ture witches ut minimum cost WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSl-
NESS This policy we have successfully car
ried out, and the result is, that to-day we manu-
facture twice as many watches as all the other
factories in the United States put together.
We can therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually DO sell TwoEty-fve 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
had the refusal of nearly all inventions intended
to improve timo-pieccs, and have adopted all
those, and those only, which have proved to be
roally valuable. Wo have retained IN our en-
Boymont every hoad Of department we have
,yer had, whose services were OF any Importance
% tho company, and our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
my other country. In addition to this we make
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
ncuts but for those Of other factories ours being
tho only establishment that turns out watches
complete in every respect.
As those watches are for sale by the trade gen
,rally throughout the United States, and at a re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition,
the company invariably decline orders Of retail
character.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents
1a2 Broadway, N. Y.
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