The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
HOW TO TREAT A WATCH.
DOZENS or WAYS THEY ARE
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Four Hundred style.
Generally speaking, the understanding
of the public as to what should reason
ably be expected from q watch and how
it is to be treated is very limited. A little
instruction in this regard may benefit
the people as well as protect watchmak-
ers from undeserved censure. A watch
must be well treated if it is required to
perform well it's duty. Nobody neglects
a large engine or any kind of extended
and complicated machinery. The utmost
care is taken to observe its working day
and night, and it is no more than natural
to believe that q watch, containing the
smallest and most complicated mechan-
ism, demands extraordinary attention,
care and protection, as well as large
machinery.
A watch, even if of very good quality,
can only give satisfaction if it is treated
according to it's subtle construction. Its
possessor must prevent it from falling or
being knocked about. A jump from a
street car has more than once caused a
good timepiece in the jumpers pocket to
change it's rate. A watch must be kept
clean and in a clean place. Dust u
small particles of the pocket lining gather
continuously in the pockets, and even
the best fitting case cannot protect the
movement from dirt finding its way to
the wheels and pivots of the movement.
Watch-pockets should be turned inside
out and cleaned at regular intervals.
WIND A WATCH REGULARLY.
A watch ought to be wound regularly
at about the same hour every day. The
best time to do it is in the morning, for
two rnnGOnC EirCtlu hnpuI1Ga the h0nrS
of rising n dressing are more regular
with most people than their hours OF dis
robing and retiring. Secondly, because
the full power of the main spring is more
likely to reduce TO a minimum the irregu-
I~arities caused by the movements of the
owner during the day.
When not carried in the pocket a watch
should always hang by its ring in the
same position as it is worn. AS a rule
watches will run with a different rate
when laid down. Only high grade
watches are adjusted to positions and will
twenty-four hours, while common watches
may be out of time several minutes i'll II
night.
LADIE LET THEN RUN DOWN.
Ladies often complain that their watches
do not III regularly. This may be on ac-
count of smaller size and more difficult
regulating, but the main reason for the
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ladies do not always carry their watches
and consequently often forget to wind
them.
Never leave q hunting-case watch open
during a considerable length of time. A
careful observer will find in the morning
a layer of dust on the crystal of a watch
that has been open during the night. That
dust will find its way into the movement.
The lust on the outside Of the case will
| be unconsciously rubbed off by the Wearer,
but when the watch is closed the dust in
side of the case must remain there.
Mainsprings cannot be prevented from
breaking. Like china, they are made to
go to pieces. But ~breakage will less
frequently if the watch is wound care
fully. Do not take it from your warm
pocket and hang it against the cold wall.
Protect it from direct contact with the
cold object by an ornamental piece OF
cloth, plush or velvet being preferable.
DON'T SWEAR TO ONE SECOND.
The regular running or rate OF a watch
depends entirely upon its construction
and lower or higher grade of perfection
and finish. 1t is useless to worry oneself
about the irregularities of q watch Of or
binary quality. Watch movements of
low or even middle prices cannot be eX-
pected to nave a steady and regular rate.
They may run fairly well for everyday
use, but nobody should require them to
be absolutely correct. No absolutely cor
rect timeplece has yet been made. The
best ones, used in observatories and for
naval purposes. are subject to changes.
In order to have foundations for their cal
culations, astronomers and navigators
have regular tables registering these
changes, as nearly as possible. Tempera-
ture, weight of the air, moisture in the
atmosphere, electric currents and other
influences affect the rate of all watches,
regulators, chronometers, or whatever
the name of a timepiece may be. These
influences cannot be foreSeen or controlled
by the adjuster. The best chronometers
Keep those influences within the
smallest known limits. Each skill
full and sensible matchmaker is able to
regulate d watch to such a degree of ac-
curacy as it's construction will allow; but
it is impossible for a matchmaker to
deliver q new watch regulated to suit the
customer. The rate of a watch will
change from the moment it is carried.
Although it has been correct on the rack
the watch when delivered to its purchaser
changes its rate. 1t will I'll fast or slow;
the matchmaker cannot foretell which
way it will vary.
SPARE HI 10 MATCHMAKER.
1t is an injustice to condemn a watch
maker because you have to run to him
four or five times before your watch is
all right. Only those who do not under
stand anything about a watch will
mentally curse bne Matchmaker. ana call
him d blockhead because he did not sue
coed in regulating a watch that will be
influenced by unknown forces.
A watch ought to be cleaned every two,
or at the utmost every three years, if it is
not to be spoiled. The oil will change.
1t will become thickened by dust that
cannot be kept out of the best closing
case. The dust will work like emery and
grind the surfaces of the pivots of the
train. The best of movements will be
spoiled ii his requirement is neglected.
Anybody who has the misfortune to
drop his watch in the water will find it to
his advantage to put it Immediately in
pure alcohol (not whiskey or gin), and
to leave it there until the matchmaker
can take it apart and put it in order. Oh
course, delay is not advisable in such
ases.-Jel0eleT'S Weekly.
Good Enough Clothes for an Angel.
The woman of today should indeed feel
highly honored, for never before have her
tastes and wishes been SO catered to in
everything pertaining to her sex. From
the dainty silk and wool underwear pre-
pared for my lady to the handsome outeI
garments every article of apparel com.
bines comfort and beauty. Lovely under.
skirts of lambs wool, either white or in
A colors, are. for her to choose from; while
N some Of the finest of flannel are charm
ingly embroidered in delicate designs
What a contrast in the feminine under
wear of today and the severe plainness OF
our great-grandmothers' fine linen, which
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