Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-26
TREATMENT or WATCHES.
An Expert Tells h.r ..as-p,.. -. -.
Kept IN Perfect Order.

An Expert Tells h.s. ..ne- Pfer~s s.~. M.
Kept IN Perfect Order
having obtained a really seryiceab!e
article you should. in order 10 pro-
duce satisfactory results. follow out
these rules: Wind up your watch
every day at the same hour. This il
generally done ut the hour we retire
70 rest, or. perhaps. better still, at the
hour we rise. Avoid putting a watch
on u marble slab or near any thing err
cessively cold. The sudden transition
from heat to cold contracting the metal
may sometimes cause the handspring
70 break. Indeed. the cold coagulates
the Oil. and the wheel works and piy-
OTIS working less freely affect the rsgu-
larity OF the time-keeper.
When we lay our watch aside we
ought to slope it on watch case SO as
10 keep 1t nearly in the same position it
mas In the pocket. In laying aside your
watch be sure that it rests on it's case,
BY suspending it free the action OF the
balance may cause oscillation, which
may considerably interfere with its 60
ing.
II you would keep your watch clean
you must be quite sure that the case
flts firmly and never put it in any
pocket but one made OF leather.
Those pockets which are lined with
cloth. cotton or calico, give. by the
constant friction. a quantity OF fluff.
which enters most watches, even those
the cases OF which shut firmly.
IL the watch is not .'keyIess'' one
the key should be small, in order that
we may feel the resistance OF the stou
work; then we can stop in time with
out forcing any thing. 1t is also nec-
essary that the square OF the key
should correspond with that of the
watch. II it be too large it may in a
short time cause the wind up square
to suffer from undue wear and tear,
the rectifying of which is rather ex.
| pensive. The hands of an ordinary
watch can be turned backwa ard withou,
much risk. 1t is. however, always bet
ter to move the hands forward to ad.
just your watch to correct time.
A skillful matchmaker one day thus
reasoned with a customer who had
complained of his watch: you com
planned" said he, ''that your watch
gains minute a month Well then
you will congratulate yourself wher
you have heard me. You are aware
that in your watch. the balance, which
is the regulator makes five oscilla
tions every second, which is 432, OO'
a day; so that your watch. exposed t.
all the vicissitudes which heat ant
cold occasion it. the varying weigh
OF the air and the shaking to which i
is subjected, has not varied more thar
a minute a month or two seconds
day. 1t has only acquired with eacl
vibration OF the balance a variation O
the 2l6.000th part OF second. Judge
then, what must be the extreme per
lection of the mechanism of thi
watch"
A watch can not go for an indefinite
period without being repaired o
cleaned. At the expiration OF Ger
tain time the oil dries up. dust accu
mu.ates. and wear and tear are inevi
table results to the whole machinery
the functions become irregular, FIRE
quently ceasing to act altogether.
person possessing watch of goot
quality, and DESTROYS of preserving i
as such. should have it cleaned ever
two years at least. But care shout,
be taken to confide the cleaning or re
pairing to careful hands; an incapabl
workman may do great injury to
watch even of the simplest construt
tion.-Chambers' Journal.