The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-17
WAEATKIAN
WAT CHES
To Buyers Of Watches Evoryvhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers of the United
| States keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re.
commend them to their customers, uotwithstand.
ing the fact that oss profit is made on these
watches han on any others generally sold by the
! trade. The reason Of this is, that the reputs.
ton Of the WAltham Watch renders it au easy
sale, and the result lie that, although the dealer
does not make as much money on each indlyi-
dual watch as he may on the sale of other watch
es, be 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 trade fancy there is more money
10 be Hsade by dealing in watches about which
the public are ignorant, and in which there IL
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at a large profit.
II is this class Of dealers who, when asked about
Waltham Watches, use that kind of language
which leads the customer finally to buy just such
a watch as is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
oTthe Information u persons about to buy
watch; aud who may 10 ""f"vorAoly Affected by
,,,o representations Of those unfreudly to our
ws,Ohes we call attention to the following sug-
gestons
Since the manufacture Of watches was lnltia,
ted at WaItham, the company have and sold
about 400, 900 watches. In every town and
village Of the country some wOersr Of q Wal
than Watch may be 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
watch to guide themselves by the owner Be
ing eatisfed a. To the quality Of the watch, the
ouyer mas now only to satisfy himself that the
WAtham Watches are TUE CHEAPEST a.
well a. the boat On the head We have few
words to say
Itiss well known fact in manufacturing, that
! the greater the number Of articles manu- faotured
| BY one establishment, the smalles will be- the
cost # ca b individual article. Keeping this 10
vIe" 'nr policy has always been to sell our pro.
d9'' Al the lowest possible price in order to 50
cure large sales, and thus enable Us to ma1ufac-
| turs" watches a. minimum cost. WEBRLIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSI-
N"eS' lhlS policy we have sucoeIGfully car
Flea OUT, and The result is, that to-day We msuu-
iS''ufe ~ oe as many watches as oil the other
iso'oT.es q sho United States put together
We cSn, therefore, afford to sell Cheaper than
they DO and actually do sell twenty-five per
cent eaeeEer than they do, quality FOR quail
ity.
! NeN 9-.I tlrthgT remark that in increasing
our productions " have constantly improved It's
QUALITY AND IFS VARIETY. We have
hAa TIE refusal Of nearly all inven tons intended
to improve me-psces, and have adopted all
those, saI those only, which have proved to be
really vA l,b.e. We have retained in our EN-.
FIoyme1i every head of & department we have
ever hal, whose services we're OF any Importance
10 the company, and our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot be oqusled in this or
sny other country. In addition to this We make
gold a1d silver caves, not only for our own move.
mentI, but for those Of other factories ours being
the on.y establishment that turns out watches
complete every respect.
As these watches are for sale by the trade gen
orally throughout the United States, and at re-
tail profit made most honorable By competition
the company invariably decline orders of retail
character.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents,
asa Broadway, ~. y.