The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-05-17
CAUTION TO H PUBLIC.

To avoid imposition, purchasers of waltham Watches
will observe that every genuine watch, whether gold or
silver. bears our trademark on both case and movement
Gold cases are stamped A. w. Co" and guarantee Ger.
Am. Watch Co., waltham. Mass, Sterling Silver, -
and are accompanied by guarantee S GertihcsteS, signed
Is plainly engraved upon all movements, irrespective of
This caution is rendered necessary by reason of the
fact that our cases are frequently separated from our
makers, and rice uersd, thus affecting injuriously the per-
which is intended to cover only our complete watches
wholly made by us. 1t is necessary; also, because 1t is 80
fraud in the metal quality of both gold and silver cases
quent assays that many gold and silver cases offered in
the market are debased from 10 to 20 per cent. from the
chaser. and accounts for the low price at which such
We take this occasion to announce that we have re-
Gently entirely remodelled the very popular grades OF full
plate paSpi @STei4 TTaey ( kR Cow" @wa ! maT Watch Co... u +: 5.
highly improved appearance, but great additional value.
We embody IN them such of the best results of our expe-
r popniaa z form u Of watch. We give these new model watches
special recommendation to all who look for good per
Torrance and solid excellence at moderate cost. The
alterations have been made with the view OF pleasing
We avail ourselves, too, Of this occasion to warn the
public against CHEAP watches. The superiority OF
knowledged that our competitors, Swiss and American,
seem 70 nave no res ~ be DTu IL inFferi ie TO onrs' thew have
to sell them for what they can get. Times are hard, and
one, very often allow a small price to decide them:
William Morris, the eminent English Lecturer on Artand
aOgA AOIANeH 80
" Trades Guild" says
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 so ignorant that they
neither know nor care whether they give q man his due
1 know that the manufacturers, 'sO-called, are so set on
CARRYING out competition to its utmost, competition OF
chespness, 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
| what can be called by no prettier name than fraud"
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 to 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
their respective grades, ere 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 as they will be. Watches csnno
be made for nothing, even by machinery We say TO the
public, buy q good watch while you are about it, and pay
q proper price for it. The more you pay an honest dealer
the better satisfied you will be in the end don't be de
ceived by cheapness-quality desceDds faster than price
For American Watch Co., of Waltham, Mass.
ROBBINS & APPLETON, General Agents
sp19 New York, US. A.
81 All the above Line of waltham Watches for Sale a
the Store of NJ. McISERNY Sole Agent for this Kingdom
Also. Agent for the GoRHAM STERLING SILVER
The Trade Supplied at LOWEST PRICES. sp2s SIN