The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-06-25
CAUTION To The PUBLIC

To avoid imposition, purchasers of watham Watches
will observe that every genuine watch, whether gold
silver bears trade mark both aud movement
Gold stamped "a. W. Co." and guarantee
certificates accompany them Silver cases stamped
are accompanied by guarantee certificates signed r. E
Robbins. Treasurer. The WalthAm" Is plainly
engraved upon all movements irrespective Of either dis
tlnguishing marks.
This rendered necessary by reason Of the fact
that our cases are frequently separated from move
mens and putinto worthless movements Of other makers
and thus affecting inurousy performance
Of the watches and Whaling our guarantee which is M
tended TO only complete watches wholly made
by 1t ia necessary, also, because Is notorious
TO be public scandal that there is faud in the
metal quality of both gold and silver
rally sold. We have demonstrated by frequent assays
that many gold and silver offered in the
deoased from from 10 to 20 per cent from the quality
they be- This fraud upon purchaser and
accounts for the low price at Which such cased watches
have been sold.
We take this occasion announce that we have re-
Gently entirely reInodeled the popular grades null
plate movements, known by the marks VIM. Ellery,"
'Appeion. Tracy Co, 'waltham Watch Co., p. s.
Bartlett and " broadway" giving to them Gully
highly improved appearance but great additional value
embody them such of the RESULTS of expe-
and study for twenty be useful In this
popu'ar form OF watch We give these new model watches
special ecommendaon all who look for good per-
formance and solid excellence ut moderate cost The
alterations have been made with the view of pleasing
practical watch makers well as watch wearers
We avail ourselves too of this occasion 10 warn the
public against cHEAP watches. The superiority of
Waltham goods, in all grades, is generally ac
knowIedged that competitors, Swiss and American,
to have resource but present the attraction of
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sell them for what they Times hard and
people generally not knowing good watch from bad
very often allow small price TO decide them VII
liam Morris. the eminent English Lecturer on Art and
Labor Topics in recent lecture delivered before the
Trades Guild" says
that the public in general upon having
things cheap being ignorant that they do not know
when they get them nasty, also ignorant that they
neither know care whether they give man his due
know that the manufacturers, called set on
| carrying out competition to its utmost competition of
of excellence that they the bargain
hunters half and cheerfuy furnish them with nasty
the cheap price they asked for by OF
We much mistaken If this is what the public want.
when neither workmun employer has pride in his
wanting and both essential in good watch making.
Low price, especially in watches, lou quality, tc
| IOig performance and high repairs,
| our mission and business Is TO make good
Watches whatever the holding firmly this single
purpose we have seen improvement in quality and reduc
ton in by Of discoveries and Improvements in
machinery and by natural steadily together,
until truly say. Waltham Watches in their re-
spece grades the best watches made and the
lower grades they within the reach OF everybody
who ou- prices low they ought to
be- and as low they Will be- Watches cannot be made
for nothing. by machinery. We say the public,
buy good while you It, and pay proper
price for H. The pay honest dealer the bet
satisfied will be the end don't be deceived by
ches pness- quality descends faster than price
For American Watch Co OF Waltham Mass.