The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-11-25
alseful aud Curious.
HOW TO TREAT A WATCH.
A Few simple Rule. for the Preserrnties Of n
Perfect Timepieee.

Having obtained real serviceable article you
should, in order to produce satisfactory results,
follow out these rules:
Wind up your watch every day at the same
hour. This is generally done at the hour we re-
tire to rest perhaps better still at the hour We
rise. Avoid putting a watch ON n marble slab or
near anything excessively cold The sndden
transition from heat to cold contracting the met
al may sometimes canse the main spring to break.
Indeed the cold eoagulates the OIL and the wheel
and piyots working less freely affect the regular
ity of the timekeeper. When we lay our watch
aside ought to slope it on watch-case, 81 as to
keep il nearly in the some position as u has in
the pocket. In laying aside your watch he sure
that it rests its ease, as by susPendng il free
the action of the balance may cause oscillation,
which may considerably interfere with its going.
IL you would keep your watch clean you must be
quite that the ease fits firmly, and never put
il into any pock but one made of leather. Those
pockets which are lined with cloth, cotton or
calico give, by the constant friction, certain
quantity of fluff, which enters most watches,
even those the cases of which shut firmly. If
the watch is not ''kcyless' one, the key should
he small, in order that may feel the resistance
of the stOp-wOrk; then we can stop in time with
ont forcing anything. 1t is also necessary that
the square of the key should correspond with
that OF the watch. If il he too large il may in a
short time cause the wind-up square to suffer
from undue wear and tear, the rectifying of which
is rather expensive. The hands Of an ordinary
watch can be turned backward without much
hands forward TO adjust your watch TO correct
time.
skillful matchmaker thus reasoned with a
customer who complained of his watch: '.You
complained" said he, that your watch gains a
minute month. Well, then, you will congrat-
ulate yourself when you have heard me. You
are aware that in your watch the balance, which
is the regulator, makes five oscillations every
second which is four hundred and thirty
| thousand day; so that your watch exposed to
all the vcissitudes which heat and cold occasion
it, the varying weight of the air and the shaking
| to which it is subjected, has not varied more
than minute n month, or two seconds day.
1t has only acquired with each vibration of the
| balance a variation of the two hundred and
| sixteen thousardth part of second. Judge,
then, what must be the extreme perfection of
| the mechanism of this watch!r
A watch cannot 90 for an indefinite period
without being repaired or cleaned At the expi-
ration of a certain time the oil dries up, dust
cumulates, and wear and tear are inevitable re
suits TO the whole machinery, the functions be-
coming irregular, and frequently ceasing to act
altogether A person possessing a watch of good
quality, and DESTROYS of preserving it such,
should have it cleaned every two years at least.
But should be taken to eoniide this cleaning
| or repairing TO careful hands; an incapable work
man may do great injury to a watch even of the
| simplest eonstruction.-Chambers' Journal.