The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-27

A FgW suaPLE RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF PRRFEcT TrAsPlECE.

A FgW SIDgPLE RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF A PRRrEcr TrAsPlECE.
r From Chamb.rs's Journal
Having obtained really serviceable arti'
e,e Won should, in order 10 produce salts
factory results, follow out these rules
wind mn your watch every day at the same
hour. This is generally done at The hour
re retire To, rest, or perhaps better stiil the
hour we rise. Avoid putting watch on
marble slab or near anything excessively
cold. The sudden transition from heat oo
cold contracting the metal may some
titucs cause the handspring to break
Indccd. the cold coagulates the oil,
and the wheel.work and pivots work
ing less freely affect the regularity
of the time.keeper. When we lay our
watch aside we ought 10 slope it on watch
case. so as 10 keep II nearly in the same po'
sition as IL has In the pocket. In laying
aside your watch be sure that 1t rests on IT'S
case, as by suspending 1t free the action OF
the balance may cause oscillation, WINCH
NAV considerably interfere with Its gong
II you would keep your watch clean you
must be quite sure that the case MS nrin.
Iy. and never put 1t into any pocke'
but one made of leather. Tbose poek-
cts which are lined with cloth, cotton,
or calico give, by the constant friction,
a certain quantity OF fluff, which enters
most watches, even those the cases OF
which shut firmly. II the watch is not a
.keyless" one, the key should be small, IN
order that we may feel The resistance OF the
stop-work; then we can stop in time with
out forcing anything. 1t is also necessary
that the square OF the key should CORE
spond with that OF the watch. III 1t be 100
large, It may in a short time cause the vino,
I'D square TO suffer from undue wear ana
tear, the rectifying of which is rather eX-
pensiye. The hands OF an ordinary watch
can be turned backwards without much
risk. 1t is, however, always better 10
move the hands forward 10 adjust your
watch to correct time.
A skilful matchmaker one day thus rea.
soned with q customer who complained OF
his watch: "You complained" said ne,
"tbat your watch gains minute month:
Well, then, you will congratulate yourseH
when you have heard me. You are aware
that In your watch the balancc, which IL the
regulator, makes five oscillations every
second. which is four hundred and
thirty-iwo thousand day; SO toat
your watch; exposed to all the vi
cisstudes which beat and cold oe-
cssion II, the varying weight OF the air
AuU tEt cudhibS " WIN" ~ ~
has not varied more than minute month
or two seconds day. 1t has only acquired
with each vibration Of the lalauce varia-
ton OF the two.hundred. and-sixteen-thou-
sandth part Of second. Judge, tben,
what must be the extreme perfection OF tue
mechanism OF this watch!"
A watch cannot go for an indefinite pc
Rod without being repaired or cleaned. AT
the expiration OF certain time the oil dries
up, dust accumulates, and wear and tear
are inevitable results TO the whole machine
nv, the functions becoming irregular and
frequently ceasiDg to act altogether A
person possessing watch OF good quality
and DESTROYS OF preserving it as such should
have 1t cleaned every two years at least.
But care should be taken to coniide this
cleaning or repairing to careful hands; an
incapable workman may do great injury to
q watch even Of the simplest construction.