The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-22
w ALTMAN
To Buyers OF Watches Everywhere.

Inv greater part Of the jewellers Of the United
States Keep WaItham Watches. and cordially re.
commend them 20 their customers, notwithstapd
ing the fact tina; less profit is made on these
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 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
es, be is still the gamer through larger and live
! Tier sales. There are some, however, among the
! trade. who do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which it deserves This portion
portion Of the trade fancy there is more money
to be made by dealing in watches about which
tho public are ignorant, and in which there is
less competition, and are content to make an
occasional sale Of such watches at large profit.
1t ia this class Of dealers who, when asked about
"altham Watches, use that kind Of language
which leais the customer finally to buy just such
"@'eh is is the most profitable for the dealer
to sell.
or me information of persons about to buy a
watch and who may be unfavorably affected by
the representations Of those unfriendy to our
Wa.oLes, we call attention to the following sup
geStlons:
Since the manufacture OF watches was ipitia.
ted at WaItham, the company have and sold
about 400 900 watches. In every town and
village Of tie country some weqrer of Wal
imam 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 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 a few
words to say
It's a well known fact In manufacturing, that |
The greater the number of articles manufactured |
by one establishment the smaller will be the |
'ost Of each individual article. Keeping th, in
view, our policy has always been to sell our pro-
ducts at the lowest possible price in order to SO
'ure large sales, and thus en- able us to mspuSso
uTe watches at a minimum cost WEBELIEVE |
IN SMALL PROFITS AND A LARGE BUsI- |
NESS. This policy we have successfully car
led out, and the result is, that o-day we manu-
aoture twice as many watches az all the other
actorios in the United States put together.
We can, therefore, afford TO sell Cheaper than
hey do, and actually do sell Twenty five Dor
snt, Cheaper than they do, quality for quail
y.
We would further remark that in increasing
IT productions we have constantly improved its
AND ITS VARIETY. We have T
I'd the refusal Of nearly all inventions intended 5
improve time-pieces, and have adopted all
ose, and those only, which have proved to be
Ally valuable. We have retained in our en-.
oyment every head of department we have
er had, whose services were OF any importance v
the company, anG our corps of designers and
tster mechanics cannot be equaled in this or
y other country. In addition to this we make
Id ana silver cases, not only for our own move
enis, but for thoseof other factories, ours being
o only establishment that turns out watches
'mPlete in every respect.
AZ these watches are for sale by the trade gen
ally throughout the United States and at re-
Ill profit made most honorable by oompeti ton
1s company invariably decline orders of a retail
hArBcter.
3oBBxggg Il APP-~EON'
-~aSFsl Agents,
lea Broadway. ~. Y. !