The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-05
SPECIAL NoTIC1s.
wALTHAM
WATCHES!
TO Buyers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
states keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re-
commend them TO their customers, notwithstand
watches than on any others generally sold by the
trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputa.
ton Of the WAltham Watch renders it an easy
sale, and the reSalt Ia that, although the dealer
does not make 40 much money on each indiyi.
dual watch as hsmSy on the sale Of other watch
e. he 10 still the gamer through larger and live.
lier SaleI. There are some, however, among tho
trade, who do not give the WslthAm W ateh that
hearty support which II deserves. This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
" be- made by dealing 10 watches shout which
the public arc Ignorant, and in which there Is
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at a large profit.
It ia this class Of dealers who, when asked shout
WalthAm Watches, use that kind Of language
which leads the customer finally to buy just such
watch AZ iS the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
orthe information Of persons about to buy a
watch and who may be unfavoraby affected by
the representations Of those unfriendly to our
wS,oheI, We call attention to the following sug-
gestionSi
Since the manufacture Of watches was initia.
ted at Walthsm, the company have and sold
about 400, 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wesreT Of a Wal
than Watch may be found. Lot the party about
TO buy ask this owner Of an American Watch
this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU salts.
PACTION2
We are not afraid to ask those wishing to buy
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
Watham Watches are THE CHEAPEST az
well as the best. On this head we have a few
words to say:
Itsawell known fact In manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
by one establishment, the smaller will be the
cost u each individual article Keeping this in
view, our policy has always been to cell our pro-
ducls at the lowe1t possible price in order to Sc
cure large sales, aud thus enable US to manufao-
ture watches att minimum cost WEBELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFlTSAND A LARGE BUsI-
| NESS. This policy We have successfully car
ried out, aud he result is, that to-day We manu-
facture twice AS many watches as oil the other
factories IN the United sta,es put together.
We can, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they do, and actually do SSH 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 all Inventions intended
to improve time-ploces, and have adopted all
those, and those only, which have proved to be
really valuable. We have retained in our EN-
Floymout every head Of a department We have
ever had, whose services we're OF any importance
TO the company, and our corps of designers and
master mechanics cannot be cqualed in this or
any other country. In addition TO this We make
gold aud silver cases not only for our own moye-
menS, but 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 gem
orally throughout the United States, and at re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition,
the company invariably decline orders of retail
character.
ROBBINS d APPLETON,
General Agents,
182 Broadway, pT. Y.