The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-06-04
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC

To avoid imposition. purchasers of wathara watches
WI observe that every senune watch, whether gold
silver, Tears trade both case aud movement
Colo cases stamped "a. W. Co." and guarantee
certificates accanpan them. silver are stamped
Ani. Watch Co. WalthAnl Mass sterling silver and
are sccomPanted By guarantee certificates signed r.
Robbins Treasurer. The uame 4" walIhaGln IS plainly
uUsushiug marks.
Ts caution is rendered Necessary by reason Of the fac,
that ocr cases are frequently separated from
uens and put into worthless movements OF other makers
and rics thus affecting injurOusly the performance
Of the watches and vitatug guarantee. which .n
tended 20 cover only our complete watches wholly made
by 1t Is necessary also because IL 81 notnriou. As
TO be public scandal that there is great faud in the
metal quity OF ooth gOld and silver Cases gene
rally sold We have demonstrated bv frequent sSsavs
that many gold and silver offered in market are
Ieossd rom ron 10 10 70 per cent from the quality
they assume 20 be This faHd upon the purchaser ana
accounts tor the low price At which watches
have been sold
We take this occasion to announce that we have re-
Gently entirely remodeed the very popular grades OF null
plate movements Snown by the MARKS wm Ellery -
Appleton, Tracy Co, - - walIhaul Watch Co. " p :
Bartlett and Broadway" giving 10 them not oaly
highly improved appearance but great additional value
We embOdy OF the best results Of our expe
rsuce and study fr years be usefsl In this
popular form of watch We give rbess nsr model v.bs
specia; Recommendation all who for good per
f0rmalce and solid excellence st moderate cost The
alterations have been made with the view OF pleasing
prscucal watch mAkers, well watch wearers
We avail ourselves too, of this occasion the
pubic against csEAP watches. The superiority OF
Walthsm goods, in al grades, is generally
knONledsed that our competitors Swiss and American
seem 70 have resource but the Of
20 sell them for what they get Times hard and
people generally not showing good watch from bad
Que, very 0fteu allow small price 10 decide them VII
lam Morris. the eminent English Lecturer Art and
Labor Topics ia recent lecture delivered before
- Trades Guild says:
know that the public in general upon having
things cheap being ignorant that they do know
when they get them nasty, also ignonnt that
neither know nor care whether they give
know that the manufacturers. called
carrying out competition to its utmost competition Of
eheapness not OF excellence that they the bargain
hunters half way and chesrfuy furnish them with nasty
wares Al the cheap they asked for. by
what can Be called BY prettier than fraud"
We are much mistaken If this Is what public want.
or expects OF Us, ateas Good watches made
when neither workmOn employer pride
cupAuon; interest and Pleasure in work both
Tanting and both ESSENTIAL In good watch making
Low price especially IN watches, loo quality, h
t0r performances GEd high rsrsrirs-
Our mission vas. and our business IS make good
watches whatever the cost holding firmly this single
purpose We nave seen improvement in quality and raduc
ton IN cost BY means q discoveries and provements In
machinery and By natural steadily together,
until we can truly say, Waltham Watches in their
spectVe grades the best watches made; and the
lower grades they within the reach Of everybody
who earns wages Ou- prices low they ought
Dc, and as low as they Will be Watches be made
tor nothing even BY machinery. We say public.
ouy good watch while you about it, and pay proper
price for il The more pay dealer the bet
Ter satisfied you viii be in the end don't be by
chespness--q1allty descends fzstsr than price.
For American Watch Co, Of Haltham Mass