, 1873-08-24


Observation-Disclosures from pcor,c WIN
HAVE xyo,,nd ,rhctr Watches Too
,n,tr1,t,
vatara,,, .,,n,;,, . ,z;,.,a H., ~a,1+ ~ ,
reporters interview on tho watch-wlndiug buBi-
ness with " Mr.. ", g. Patton Of tho firm If
Patton 1,r,t,,ora =, ,,h,c,, pomo aou1d hova 1aon
,,r;rta,, Il nJr ~ r po,+or ~ t,,o t-r, ~ d.
psl'sea ali ~. ~. ~ rot,ei, y, sno ns " ro.~
lar error to make 30 near home.
Wo nubsl, TIM following ]ottere from pentlo-
non orn,7,,,,r t1o ot1,or a;,to ~ tho o,,oation
10 The Editor I" The Chicago T,'euas'
sin: Aoferrlng to the watch-diacusston grow
ing out Of tho Into fearful railroad accident, al
low me to roprotluco what / stated to the Cor
onof ~ jury: z.u.
IN your e1ne5icnco aa Snsen.maEor, nave you
a.Jr tiSht tH'"o "8'e'1 ~ ''o HUH pe''s "oaA 'o'
"H.-Ycs and from variety of other causes.
uus hny sna. "atsn ss1 ~ou n"nss s,s sup Up
1lom pe'oe "ounu zoo tlsns' VI tnas ~ "ouia pe
likely to stop from that cause alone, but did say
TINT such q thing has takon rlace, mud, now add,
may occur again. This apSM ena can prove,
not"ltnstaho1ns tno tneoryol alf' schmidt, OF any
o.not to' man' hao no tnoasnt Of entof'ne upon
adiBcneslon, but aimod to establish tho fact TINT
ono Of great variety of ca',scs). and. whore
rondod upon. laVo selected from great
variety OF lattors received On this subject one
rs. HAuiLroN.
J. 5. Ha,niton, Esq Chicago, TT:
. SIR: The Howard watch brought to your no.
tce, was stopped from being " wound too tight.'
The two wheels composing tho stop work, wero
in perfect ordor~-aothl1ig brokon. In my ex-
perionco OF thirty years III tho PRACTICAL part OF
repairing watches, have known Of humorous
instances OF watches being stopped from beiug
wound too tight, without any part of tho ma.
chnery bolng broken. In 4 feet doubt not every
cases in his PRACTICE especially with the English
Only recently watch was loft With me for re-
re coa wond % @ or n no
oncumborod with thick oil, as to DO incapable Of
starting tho tram. 4 slight jar set tho watch
going. 1hayo known casos where tho barrel
cover would bind the handspring when the watch
was wound W, and stop tho train. 4 slight con
cushion would FREQ the spring, and tho watch
would start. 1could cite many otllor instances,
but havo not the time. 1t Ia q well-known
fact TINT handspring cau bo coi1el
30 close that tho friction of
tho coils OF the spring with the friction Of tho
barrel arbor will nentralizo tho expansive force
Of the spring, 80 that there will not DO power
wound 30 tight that there will 10 no expansive
power to it. Z. H. P. suuRLY,
Editor EatcImaxtrs' !Maga.ine.
To Tho Editor af Tho Chicago Tribune:
s1R: AS regards the watch-stoppage contro-
vcrsy, an export should bo ablo to explain that
although watch could not DO wound up 80 tight
as to stop it, or, rathor that it is impossible to
atop tho action OF tho main spring unless by
breakage, or its gotting loosoncd from its hooks
in tho winding-barrol, yet watch unless Of OK
tra fine manufacture, ia liable to oyerbank,-
which means that wlere tho parts do not tit very
closoy tho pallets OF the fork or lover in conse-
quonco of o jerk from jump, or by tho peculiar
motion givon to tho bala1lce-whoel when tho
watch ia wonnd with both hands working in op-
poBito directions, aro liable to ovorbauk
tho scape-whool, Or moro plainly tho parts
named got out of gear by overlapping,
thus causing tho Btoppage, which can be re-
moved by replacing tho overlapping part caro-
will reconlmouco without any apparent cause,
simply from jerk which roplaces the ovor-
banking parts, and causing the watch to 60
again. This IL tho reason why watch will stop
aud 70 again without any apparent cause, aa any
person wo has carried a watch must have learned.
The English railways furnish their officials with
Frodsham'A chronomoterH, locked up in q wooden
or tin caso, aud which are tho property of tho
railway occurred by deposit for ita aafo retlrl,.
Tho cllrononaetor is delivered at tho end Of ench
journey by its custodian, who does not hold
tho key Of it's box, to tho tlmo-keoper, Who IL