The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-02-13
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WAT CHES !
To Buyers Of Watches Everywhere.

The greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
States keep Waltham Watches, and cordially re-
! commend them to thcrcu.tomers notwithstand.
! ing the fact that less profit s made on these
watches than on any othors generally sold by the
trade The reason Of this IL, that the reputA-
tton Of the Waltham Watch renders It an casy
'aIe, and the result is that, although the dealer
docs not make as much money on each indiyi-
dual watch as he may on the sale Of other watch
os he oi5 stil the gamer through larger and live
licr sales. There are some however, among tho
trade, who do not give the Wa'thSm Watch that
hearty support whicuit 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 M
occasional sale Of such watches at large profit
II is this class Of dealers who, when asAedabout
Waltham Watches, use that kind Of language
which leafs the customer finally tobuy Just such
a watch as ia the most profitable for the dealer
to sell
the information Of persons about TO buy a
watch; and vino may he unfayorably Affected by
the representations Of those uniricndly to our
wa'ches, we call attention TO the following sug-
gesuous:
Since the manufacture Of watches was inttiR'
ted at waltham, the company have and sold
about 400, 900 watches. In every town and
! village of the country some wearor Of n Wal
than Watch may be found, Let the party about
to buy ask this owner of au American Watch
this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU Salts
FACTION
! We arc mott afraid to ask those Wishing 20 buy
a watch to guide themselves by the owner Be
ing satisfied as TO the quality of tho watch, tho
ouycr has now only TO satisfy himself that the
Waltham Watche- are THE CHEAPEST as
well as the best. On this head We have few
words to say:
Itisa well known fact in manufacturing, that
the greater the number Of articles manufactured
! by one establishment, the smaller will bo tho
| cost of zach individual article Keeping this in
ytsw, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to Sc
| cure largo sales, and thus enable us to mnnutao-
turo watches at minimum cost WE BELIEVE
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUSl-
NESS. This policy We have successfully car
ried out, aud the result is, that to-day we manu-
facture tvs ice 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 Twelty-nve poT
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
| t. improve time pieces, and have adopted all
| those and those only, which have proved 10 be
really valuable. We hayo retained in our en-
FIoymont crory head Of a department We have
ever had, whosc services were OF any Importance
to the com pany, aud our corps Of designers and
master mechanics cannot Le equaled in this or
any other country. In addition to this we make
gold aud silver cases, not only for our own move
mcnts but for those Of other factories, ours being
tho 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 and at a re-
tail profit made most honorable by competition,
the company invariably decline orders Of q retail
character,
ROBBINS 81 APPLETON,
General Agents,
132 Broadway, DT. Y.
F.bI3uprt