The Portland daily press., 1869-03-04
WAETHAM
WATCHES.
40 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 notwithstanding
the fact at less profit is made on these watches
than any others generally sold by the trade. The
reason OF this is, that the reputation of the Watham
Watch rendersit easy sale, and the result that
although the dealer does not make as much money
on each individual watch he may on the sale of
other watches, he is still the gamer through larger
and livelier sales. There some, however, among
the trade who do not give the Waltham Watch that
hearty support which it deserves. This port on OF
the trade fancv there is more money to be made by
dealing in watches about which the public are ig-
norant, aud in which there is less competition, and
are content to make an occasional sale of such
watches at large profit. 1t is this class of deal
ers who, when asked about Waltham Watches, use
that kind of language which leads the customer f.
nally to buy just such watch is the most profit
able for the dealer to sell.
For the i-lomaton Of persons abont to buy a
watch, and who may be unfavorably affected by the
representations of those unfriendly to our watche
we call attention to the following suggestions:
Since the manufacture of watches was initiated at
Waltham, the Company have made and sold about
100000 watches, In every town and village of the
country some wearer OF waltham Watch may be
'ound. Let the party about to buy ask this owner
OF an American Watch this question:
HAS YOUR WATCH GIVEN YOU sATIsFAC-
TION9 We are not afraid to advise those wishing
to tuy watch TO guide themselves by the answer
Being satisfied as to the quality of the watch the
buyer has now only to satisfy himself that the
waltham Watches are THE CHEAPEST as well
as the best. On this head VIC have few words TO
say:
Its we'll known fact in manufacturing, that the
ter fhQ NJ rtie facfu bua
establishment, the smaller will be the cost of each
individual article. Keeping this in vsw our policy
has alway been to sell products at the lowest
possible price in order to secure large sales, and
thus enable us to manufacture watches at a mini
mum cost. We believe i'm small profits and
N large business. This policy we have success
ully carried out, and the results, that to-day we
manufacture twice many watches as all the other
factories in the United States put together. We
can, th eref0re, aGsri 10 sell cheaper than
they do, and aetualIy do sell Twcnsy-dve
per cent. cheaper ilinn they do, quality for
qualify.
We would further remark that in increasing our pre-
ductions we have constantly improved itsQuaty and
its variety. We have had the refusal of nearly all in
ventions intended to improve time pieces and have
adopted all those, and those nywhich have provel
to be really valuable. We have retained in our
ployment every head OF departmhnt we have ever
had, whose services were of any Importance TO the
company, and our present corps OF designers and
master mechanics cannot be equaled in this or any
other country. In addition to this we make gold
and silver cases, not only for our own movements,
but for those of other factories being the only
establishment that turns out watches complete In
every respect.
AS these Watches are tor sale by the trade gener
erallp throughout the United States and at retail
profit made most reasonable by competition, the
company invariably decline orders of retail char
ceter,
Robbins 81 Appleton,
-.-.n General Agents,
sNleSeod&w1m lS2 Broadway, N. ".