The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-05-24
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

To avoid imposition, purchasers OF Waltham Watches
silver bears our tradeinsrk on both case and movement.
Gold cases are stamped "a. w. Co" and guarantee GER
Am. Watch Co, waltham, Mass, Sterling Silver"
and are aSeompan1ea oy guaran TSe Gern erin shsnea q
is plainly engraved upon all movements, irrespective OF
either distinguishing marks.
This caution is rendered necessary by reason Of the
fact that our cases are frequently separated from our
makers, and rice versa, thus affecting injuriously the per-
Torrance of the watches and vitiating our guarantee,
which is intended to cover only our complete watches
wholly made by us. 1t is necessary. also, because it is SO
notorious as to be q public scandal, that there Is great
fraud in the metal quality of both gold and silver cases
as now generally sold: We W. nave S de ar rssas ore oy IRE ,n
the market are debased from 10 to 20 per cent. from the
chaser. and accounts for the low price at which such
cased watches have been sold.
We take this occasion to announce that we have re-
Gently entirely remodelled the very popular grades Of full
plate P sS1I moTelT Tfaey < kH Gown @y w sha maT Watch w Con- E Z p 5.
Bartlett" and " Broadway" giving TO them not only a
We embody in them such of the best results of our erpe-
T no5Hf,a a9 5or 5ru ~ ws q f~e WS Giye these thSeS : new v model watches
special recommendation to all who look for good per-
aItTsao i have 'I been made with the view Of pleasing
practical watch makers. as well as watch wearers.
We avail ourselves, too, of this occasion to warn the
public against CHEAP watches. The superiority Of
knoWledee edG that our competitors, sSiss and American,
seem to have no resource but to present the attraction of
low price. Their goods being inferior TO ours, they nave
to sell them for what they can get. Times are hard, and
people generally not knowing a good watch from = h Dad
william Morris. the eminent English Lecturer on Art and
! IaOOT IOllcS. III u EtNtnb GU wv Wv
| a. Trades Guild" says:
81 know that the public in general are set upon having
things cheap, being so ignorant that they do not know
when they get them nasty, also 50 ignorant that they
neither know nor care whether they give a man his due
1 know that the manufacturers, 'so-called, are so set on
carving out competition to its utmost. competition OF
| cheapness. not of excellence, that they meet the bargain
hunters half way, and cheerfully furnish them with nasty
wares at the cheap rate they are asked for, by means of
We are much mistaken if this is what the public wants
or expects, of us. at least. Good watches cannot be made
when neither workman nor employer has pride in his
occupation interest and pleasure in the work are both
wanting, and both are essential to good matchmaking
Low price, especially in watches, MEANS LOW QUALITY,
WITH Low PERFORMANCE AND HIGH REPAIRS.
Our mission was, and our business is, to make good
watches, whatever the cost holding firmly 10 this single
purpose, we have seen improvement in quality and re-
duction in cost, by means of discoveries and improve
ments in machinery and by natural causes, go steadily on
together, until we can truly say, Waltham Watches, in
their respective grades, are the best watches made, and
as TO the lower grades, they are within reach of every
body who earns wages. Our prices are as low as they
ought to be, and as low asthey viii be. Watches cannot
be made for nothing, even by machinery. We say to the
public, buy q good watch while you are about IL, and pay
q proper price for ii. The more you pay an honest dealer
the better satisfied you will be in the end don't be de
ceived by cheapness-quality deseends faster than price
For American Watch Co, of Waltham, Mass.
ROBBINS & APPLETON, General Agents
sp19 New York, u. s. A.
AZ All the above Line of waltham Watches for Sale a
the Store of NJ. McINERNY, Sole Agent for this Kingdom
ALSO, Agent for the GORHAM STERLING SILVER
The Trade Supplied at owEsT PRICES. ap2e sn