Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-21
TREATMENT os WA TcAes.
An Expert Tells hVs. .sfne- Flores Gan ~
Kant Brffer.

An Expert Tells hot .ne- PEeres Gan sse
Kept in Perfect Order.
Having obtained q really serviceable
article you should. in order to pro-
duee satisfactory results. follow out
these rules: Wind up Kour watch
every day at the same hoLF This l.
generally done at the hon we retire
to rest. or. perhaps. bett g still. at the
hour we rise. Avoid putting watch
on marble slab or near any thing ex-
cessively cold The sudde h transition
from heat 10 cold contracting the metal
may sometimes cause the handspring
TO break. Indeed. the cold coaguiates
the oil. and the wheel works aud piv-
OTIS working less freely affect the rsgu-
larity Of the time-keeper.
When we lay our watdh aside we
ought 10 slope II on a watdh case so as
TO keep IL aearly In the same position II
has In the pocket. In laying aside your
watch be sure that Ii rests on its case.
BY suspending IL free the action OF the
balance may cause oscillation. which
may considerably interfere with Its GO
ing
II you would keep your watch clean
you must be quite sure that the case
fits firmly and never put 1t in any
pocket but one made OF leather.
Those pockets which are lined with
cloth. cotton or calico. give. by the
constant friction. quantity OF huff.
which enters most watches. even those
che cases OF which shut firmly.
II the watch is not . keyless" ono
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 any thing. II il also nee
essary that the square OF the key
should correspond with that of the
watch. II IL be too large II may in a
short time cause the wi nd up square
TO suffer from undue wear and tear.
the rectifying OF which is rather ex.
pensivc. The hands OF an ordinary
watch can be turned back ward without
much risk. II Is. however, always bet
ter TO move the hands I'd rward to ad,
| Just your watch 10 correct time.
4 A skillful matchmaker one day thu,
reasoned with a customer who had
complained Of his watch: you com
I planned" said he. that your watci
gains minute month. Well then
you will congratulate yourself whei
you have heard me. You are awar,
that In your watch. the balance, which
Ia the regulator, makes five oscilla
tions every second. which In Az. W
a day; so that your watch. exposed h
all the vicissitudes which heat AM
cold occasion IL. the va rying weigh
OF the air and the shaking TO which
is subjected. has not warts more tina
q minute u month or two seconds
day. IL has only acquired with eac
vibration OF the balance d variation d
the 16.00oth part OF Sc cond. Judge
then, what must DO the extreme per
lection OF the mechau ism of thi
watch"
A watch can not go for an indefinit,
period without being repaired O
cleaned. At the expiration OF cer
sain time the oil dries up. dust accu
INITIATES, ana wear and thar are inoyl
table results TO the whole machinery
the functions become irregular. FRI
quently ceasing To act n together.
person possessing a watch OF goo'
quality. and DESTROYS of preserving |
as such. should have 1t cleaned ever
two years ut least. But care shout
be taken to eontide the c cleaning or r,
pairing 70 careful hands; nm incapabl
workman may do great injury 10
watch even of the simplest constru,
tion. -Chambers' Journal.