The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-04-13
Notice to the Public.

To avoid imposition, purchasers of waltham Watches
will that every genuine watch, whether gold
silver, trade mark both aud
Gold cases stamped "a. W. Sa.' and guarantee
certificates accompany them. Silver stamped
accompanied by guarantee certhf1tes, signed 2 l.
Robbins treasurer. rhe name a waltnam" is plainly
engraved all movements, irrespective of either dis
tngushing marks.
This caution rendered necessary by Of the fact
frequently separated from our move
and put into worthless movements Of other Makers
aud rice affecting injurously the performance
OF watches and Whaling guarantee, which is IN
tended to cover only our complete watches wholly
by us 1t i, necessary also, because
be public scandal, that there Is great fiaud in the
metal Quality of both gold and silver cases rs now gene
rally sold We have demonstrated by frequent assays
that many gold and silver offered in the market are
debased from from 10 to 20 per cent from The quality
Tor the low price at which such cased watches
have been sold.
Gently entirely renOdeed the popular grades Of fu
plate movements known by the marks e VIM. Elery,'
',Appleton. Tracy Co -" WHltham Watch TO. "P. s.
BARTLETT and broadway" giving TO them not oIy
highly improved appearance, but great additional value
embody them such OF the best results Of our
Renee and study r twenty years as can De IN nus
popular form OF watch We give these model watches
special recommendation 10 all who look for good per
ormance and solid excellence at moderate cost The
alterations been made with the view Of pleasing
practical watch makers, well as watch wearers.
We avail ourselves too of this occasion warn the
public against cHEAP watches. The superiority OF
waltham goods, in all grades, is now so generally ac
knowledged that competitors Swiss aud American
have but the attraction Of
low rrice Their goods being Inferior ours they have
to sell them for what they get
People generally not knowing good wPtch from bad
one often allow "a small price to decide them. VIII
liam Morris. the eminent English Lecturer on Art and
Labor Topics in recent lecture delivered before the
'Trades Guild" says:
the public in general are set upon having
things cheap being ignorant that they do not know
they get them nasty, also ignorant that they
neither whether they give man his due
know that the manufacturers, called are 81 set on
carrying competition to its utmost, competition Of
che not of excellence that they meet the Larenn
hunters half way and cheerfuy furnish them with nasty
the cheap price they asked for BY means OF
can b. called by no prettier name than fraud"
We if this is what the public want
expects u, Good watches be made
cupatun interest and pleasure in the work are both
wanting, and both essential In good watch making
Low price, especially in watches, lou quality igi
l0tO performance and high repairs.
our mission was, and our business Is, to make good
Watches whatever the holding firmly to this single
purpose have improvement in quality and rPduc
cost by discoveries and improvements in
machinery and by natural steadily together
until truly say, Waltham Watches in their re-
specye grades the best watches made and rs to the
lower grades, they within the reach OF everybody
who Ou= prices low as they ought TO
he and as low they Will be Watches caunnt be made
buy good watch while you about it, and pay
price for The pay honest dealer the bet
satisfied ynu will the end don't he deceived by
choapness-- quality descends faster than price.
For American Watch Co, Of Watham Mass.
ROBBINS g. APPLETON,
sl2 1y General Agents. New York, q. 5. A.
n- All line of waltham Watches for sale at
the Store of NJ. MCINERNY, Sole Agent for this King
dom.
Also, Agent for the GORHAM STERLING SILVER
WARE. The Trade supplied at the LOWEST PRICES.
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