The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17
Kow TO rrca: a watch.

Having obtained a really service
able article You should, in order tc
produce satisfactory results. follow
>out these rules
Wind up your watch every day n
thesame hour. This is generally done
at the hour we retire to rest or per
haps better sdil the hour we rise
Avoid putting a watch on marble
slab or anything excessively cold
The sudden transition from heat t.
cold contracting the metal may
sometimes cause the main spring to
break. Indeed, the cold coagulates
the oil. and the wheel work and piv-
OTIS working less freely affect the reg
ularity Of the time-keeper When
we lav our watch aside we ought to
slope it on watch case, SO as TO
keen il nearly IN the same position
as il mas in the pocket In laying
aside your watch be sure that it
rests on the case. as by suspending
il free the action of the balance NAV
cause oscillation, which may con-
siderably interfere with its going.
Ii you would keep your watch clean
YOU must be quite sure that the case
fits firmly, and never put itiRto 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 fluff which enters most watches.
even these the cases OF which shut
firmly. If the watch is not key
less one, the key should be small,
in order that we may teel the resist
ance OF the stop-work; then we can
stop in time without forcing any
thing. It Is also necessary that the
square OF the key should correspond
with that ofthe watch. II it be too
large, it may in short time cause
the wind up square TO suffer from
under wear and tear. the rcctifying
OF which Is rather expensive The
hands Of an ordinary watch can be
turned backward without much risk.
Il is. however. always better tomoye
the hands forward to adjust your
watch TO correct time
\ -killfull matchmaker one day
thus reasoned with q customer who
complainedoi of his watch " "Ioucom-
planned, said he, shat your watch
gains "a minute amonth Wei, then,
YOU VIII congratulate yourself when
YOU have heard mc. You are aware
that la your watch the balance.
which is the regulator, makes five
oscillations every second. which is
Jour hundred ana thirty-two tloU--
and q day; SO jhat your watch, eE-
posed 70 all the vIcissiJudes which
heat occasion it, the VARYING weight
of the air aud the shaking to winch
it ], subjected. has not varied more
than "a minute a month or two see
ondS 3 day. it is only acquired
with each vibration ofthc balance a
variation otthc two hundred and SIX
teen thousandth part ola second.
Judge, then, what must be the cX-
tremo perfection of the mechanism
of this watch :.
4 watch cannot go Tor an indei-
mite period without being repaired
or cleaned. 1t the expiration ol D
certain time the oil dries up, dus,
accumulates and Wear end tear ara
inevitable results to the whole ma
chinery, the functions becoming II
! regular and frequently coasing to
act altogether. / person possessing
watch of good quality and dcsiT-
Gus Of preserving 1t as such should
have it cleaned every two years at
/ least. But care should be taken TO
Gnnfde this cleaning or repairing to
careful hands; an incapable work
man may do great injury 10 a watch
even of the simplest construction.