The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-25

espec1atfy upon TINS point, and every ODs
stacle overcome. 20 that The hardest stone is
worked vikh-somparskivs essa. Among the
stones used for jeweling purposes are the
ruby, sapphire, Spanish topaz, garnet,
chry solite, and aqaaimarine, tho more valu-
able Of which are used in the higher grade
Of watch. The process Of working these
gems, 10 one requiring great case(and they
undergo many operations before they are
brought to acceptable condition To make
the roller jesCels, working in The slot Of the
fork, the rough stone is first sawn into
squares they are then taken 10 che lathe
and turned With diamond pointed tools, then
polished by means Of diamond powder, and
when completed, the subject Of all this labor
is but eue-sixteenth of an inch IN length,
and about the thickness Of very fine
needle.
On the third floor the " motion-room " is
situsted. In this room all the d" motion
works" are fitted, including the handspring
barrels. the winding aud the stop works.
One peculiarly in the construction, is in be-
ing able 10 take out the barrel without tax
ing part the whole movement affording
grea: facility for putting in new main
spring, The jewels for the pivot holes are
prepared, and the trosrs for jeweling and
the insertion Of tho jewels are here per-
formed. Then comes the enameling, mark
ing the figures, gliding the plates, &c,
all Of which require the utmost skill and
perpetual vigilance. The process Of" Dam
askeentng," known only by this firm, is per-
formed with locked doors, as also the room
devoted to experimenting In examining
some of the finer movements ma ie by this
company, we find them entirely Z nickie
their beauty Of finish excited our special
admiration, and it is on this class Of work
that the dGsaaskeesiseg is shown 70 all its
beauty. The work finished in this style has
the appearance Of watered silk, and far sur
passes anything Of the kind ever before at
tempted. ....,,
The fourth floor may be denominated the
great work-room Of the establishment.
Here the different parts, numbering 400 u
more to each watch, are brought for final
adjustment, and are tested with reference to
the effect Of heat, cold, position and
"isochronism." This means the cqualizing
Of its driving power, 80 that at the end Of
a number of hours there will be no per-
ceptible difference in its running. This is
something that has taxed the ingenuity of
many, but has been left for the genius Of
this house to perfect. II is web under
stood that the handspring, when first
wound, possesses q greater prepelling pow
er than when II is nearly run down, for the
strength Of the spring is spent, and the
movement must Of "a necessity be slower !;
, yet, when the balancespring is perfectly
{ made and isochrOnised, its vibrations are
, continually the same, and perfect uni
, formity attained. The testing of a watch is
made every twelve hours, and the slightest
variations detected and remedied before the
watch is permitted to leave the adjusting
|, room.
In this room arc two pieces eff apparatus
{ for the performance of the final test. One
of these two apparatus is cooled by means
/ of ice, SO that the temperature is reduced to
zero the other has sheet iron apartments,
ID heated until it has attained 100 degrees
> il which the watch must run alternately
} without any variation in time. The time
consumed in this test is about one week ;
) but asgFeater perfection is obtained than can
be gained in six months by any Of the me-
thods practiced in Europe.
After che adjustment the works are sent
5 to the company's salesroom, Messrs. Giles,
| Wales & Co., No. 13 Maiden Lane, N. Y.
{ This repository is worthy visit and no one
that is in the business coming to this city,
who contemplates purchasing, should fall
to see theAladdin-like wonders kept in store.
} Novelties Of every description in the watch
trade greet the eye, some Of which are Ofex-
D ceeding great value. Here are watches richly
Z embellished with various kinds Of stones,
: some whose cases are fairly encrusted With
) diamonds, and bearing in design and color,
birds and flowers, as Ike as if they had been
0 placed there by the pencil of the artist. Then
, we see watches, encascd in plain solid gold.
: some of which are marvels in point of con-
J struction, possessing every device to make
: them useful as well as ornamental. A few
points Of one watch is wound without key
"a stem-winder, which, by the way, is spcei
! atty of this house, and for which several pat
. ents are held they are the most simple and
the only practical ones yet produced, and
eventually will be the only style Of watch
that will have favor with the publicly THE hands
D are set also from the stem; it strikes the
, hours, loud, distinct, musically sweet after
striking the hour it strikes the quarters
and the minutes, SO that in the dark its pos
SCISSOR can know the hour and the minute
, Other watches in cases, in various forms of
butterflies, ETC., the works Of which are not
larger then one cent piece while in other
} material, such as silver-plated ware, ETC.,
this house stands unrivaled. Here, as in
the manufacture, the master mind is shown in
the management Of its affairs Order is the
tirstLa, without it all would be confusion.
All engaged here are imbued with the same
spirit that characterizes the members of the
, firm, and which they rigidly enforce. enabling
them to roll on the business, and guard sue
cessfully the many interests involved.
Many arc the certificates from leading
men in this country as to the perfection of
, the watches bearing the name United States
Watch Company" but the most astonishing
one is from the Hon. T. b. Chittenden, late
Register of the United States Treasury, in
which he states that watch bearing trade
mark Frederick Anterior d Co.. Marion,
NJ, carried by him from December, 1868.
TO January IL, 1870. had total variation Of
only too seconds in the entire time" This
is perfection, and is, without doubt, the very
acme Of mechanical skill, brought to perfcc-
ton by the energy and patient labor Of F. A.
Giles, ESQ, the worthy President Of the
United States Watch Company, and the
senior member Of the house Of GILES, WALES
& Co.
This firm, IL Enrtnnate In havinn fnr ;ts nm