The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-22
The g atty Arsus.
ROCK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
How 10 Treat = watnh-

Having obtained Ia really service able
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
nour we retire to rest; or perhaps better
stilt, the hour. we rise. Avoid putting
watch on marble slab or anything az
eessiveiy cold, The sudden transition
from heat to cold contracting the metal
may sometimes cause the main spring 10
break. Indeed. the cold coagulates the
oil; and the wheel work and pivots work
Ing less freely affects the regularity of the
time keeper. W hen we lay our watch
ASIDE, we ought to slope it on a watch case
so as to keep 1t nearly IN the same position
as lt has been in the pocket La LAYING
aside your watch, be sure that il rests on
its case. as by suspending it free, the ac..
| tlon OF the balance may cause oscillation.
which may considerably interfere with it's
gong. 1t you would keep your watch
clean you must be quite sure that
| the case fits firmly, and never
pat il into any pocket but one
| made of leather, Those pockets which
are lined with cloth cotton, or calico give.
by the constant friction. a certain quantity
/ OF nuff. which enters most watches, even
those the cases of which shut firmly. IT.
the watch is not "keyiess" one, the KEY
should be small. in order that we may feel
the resistance OF the stop-work: then we
can stop IN time without forcing anything.
LIZ Is also necessary that the square of the
key should correspond with that of the
watch Ii it be too large. it may in a
snort time cause the wind-up square 10
saftsr from undue wear and tear. the
rectiiylng of which IL rather expensive
The hands of an ordinary watch can be
turned backward without much risk 1t
Is, however. always better TO move the
hands forward to adjust your watch to cor
rect time.
A skiilful matchmaker one day thus
reasoned with customer who com planned
OF his watch: You mpiain," said he,
that your watch gains a minute in a
month. Well, then, you will congratulate
yourself when you have heard me.
You are aware that 10 your watch
the balance, which is the regulator,
makes five oscillations every second,
which Is 49,, 900. q day: 40 that your
watch, exposed to all the vicissitudes
which heat and cold occasion it, the vary
ing weight of the air. and the shaking TO
which it is subjected. has not varied more
than minute a month. or two seconds a
day. 1t has only acquired with each
vibration of the balance variation of the
two hundred and sixteen thousand,h part
of a second. Judge. then what must be
the extreme perfection Of this watchl"
4 watch cannot go for an indefinite
period without being repaired or cleaned. |
At the expiration of certain time the oil |
dries I'D. dust accum mates, and wear and
tear are inevitable results 10 the whole |
machinery, the functions becoming irregn- |
lar and frequently ceasing to act altogether |
A person possessing a watch of good |
quality, and DESTROYS of preserving it as |
such, should have it cleaned every two |
years at least. But care should be taken |
to conide this cleaning or repairing to |
careful hands; an incapable workman may |
do great injury TO a watch even of the |
sitn plest construction