The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-09
aPuCrAL uoTr0us.
SPECIAL NoTICus.
WALTHAM
WATCHES!
r. Rpvsrs OF Watches Everywhere.

!. The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
i states keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re.
commend them to theircustomers, notwithstsnd.
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, tbst the ropuIa-
| tion Of the Walthsm Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the result is that, although the dealer
does n ot make as much nonoy on each indiyi.
| dual atoh as hemay on the sale Of other watch
es, be Is stll the gamer through larger aud live.
| Her salos. There are some, however, among the
trade, who DO not give the WalthAm Watch that
hearty support which Il deserves. Thisportion
| 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 large profit
It Ia this class Of dealers who, when asked about
Wal1ham Watches, use that Kind Of language
which leads the customer finally tobuy just such
a watch as 10 the most profitable for the dealer
to cell.
ortbe iniormatton Of persons about to buy a
watch; and who may be uufavorably affected by
the repTesen tatlons Of those unfriondly to our
wa, oheS, we call attention to the following sug-
gestions:
Since the manufacture " watches was initia
ted at Watham, the company have and cold
about 400, 600 watches. In every town aud
village Of the country some wsaror Of Wal
than Watch may bO found, Let the party shout
. hf,vg IL - III. 4
this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN you Salts.
FACTION
We are not afraid to ask those Wishing to buy
q watch to guide themselves by the owner Be-
ing satisfied as to tho quality Of the watch, the
buyer has now only to sati.fy himself that the
wAtham Watches are THE CHEAPEST aI
well as the beat. On this head We have few
words to say:
tits a we'll known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles Manufactured
by one establishment, the smaller will be the
cost Of each individual article Keeping thi. in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to so.
cure largo sales, and thus enable us to manufao-
ture watches ut minimum cost. We BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUsI-
NESS, This policy we have successfully car
red out, and the result lie, that to-day we manu-
facture twice as many watches rs ell 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 W. have constantly improved its
! QUALITY AND ITS VARIETY. We have
had the refusal Of nearly oil iavent ions intended
to improve ttme-pieoes, and have adopted all
those, and those only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained in our en-
Floyment every head Of a department we have
ever had, whose services were Of any Importance
to the company, aud our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot he cqualed in this or
any other country. In addition to this we make
! gold aud silver GASES, not only for our own move
meuts, hut for thoSoof 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 re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition,
the company invariably decline orders of a retail
character.
ROBBINS d. APPLETON,
General Agents,
1s2 Broadway, n. Y.