New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11
ING HIS BEARINGS.

In ieweny store not thousand miles from the City
Hall the watch department Is in charge Of pleasant
faced good natured man. whose weight must be close
IN 900 hounds Among his other duties Is that OF wind
ing watches: and this is duty which mas 10 DC at
tended to on sundays as well as other days. IL Is
his custom TO look after the finer grades OF Watches
particularly when they being regulated Win es-
pccia care, and he saws that GOOD watch oueh. u"
he wound about the time in each twenty-four
hours.
III Won are in the habit Of winding your watch about
10 O'Clock or II O'Clock night he remarked IN
conversation the other afternoon. If YOU are WISE
, will NOT leave IL until o'clock on the nights
now and when YOU happen to be up so late. Al
vovs wind Il within the space Of one hour IN t'o
four-thst is IL your average time is halfpa't
10 make II rule to wind it regularly between 10 ana
-, but the nearer YOU keep 1t 10 certain deinltc
limo the better OF course IL is impossible for me al
WAYS to wind all Of the large number OF watches Hoi
I'm the store on the minute every day. but WIN 'io
host watches / try hard to be very regular "heh
come down here on sunday forcnoons. Of course au
,,ho,,y undsturbed and am able to get through with
tho work In about two hours. on other uaS' 4 a"
vcrv likely 10 be called by the demands OF Gus
,r,ocr eo that II NAV be O'Clock in the afternoon
,.,or, T an, able to complete this part OF my daS
s,,l,r du,v But It is always the cheaper ana ie9'
trustworthy watches that leave to the iaS''
.Do Won know that there IS something singular
abont what I may call the physiognomy OF "a'on
, GOO, many people will here that doh''
rccogri,e at ALL but the moment look az 'heir
watches recognize them. and In that way am ape
- identify their owners have not a good memory
for fare, hut | know watches from the WORD co. anu
though IL may singular to you tlat inc i"S'u0
~ a watch should convey more definite luea ~ NY
mind than a human face It IS really not singular a.
all | have made lifelong study OF "a'hes' anu
:, l. tho easiest thing In the world TO remember how
from hat nj
az course anybody could see the difference where
thew ar, made by different people or are Of different
sizes, Eut | have In particular. to remember how
tho regulators stand. II customer has MS WATCH
regulated and then comes here few weeks or II"
months aftcrward to have 1t touched mp again, ueSs
| remember Just how far | moved the regulator INC
last time might easily botch the whole JOB. 30
there are many ways IN which dlherentIae one per
SON, watch from another, though l couldn't point
them ont In detail any more than mother OF Twins
that look Just alike to the casual observer can tell
precisely why she has any difficulty In telling
one from the other.
Il aid that didn't have good memory for faces.
I Of mo tell YOU another thing have an excellent
idea Of locality. and If had once been In place
helie,c that should recognize IL again If l we're
suddenly droppcd down into II blindfolded and then
had nv eyes uncovered. Now. you may find II hard
"a believe but It actual fact that do not kno"
the number Of ms own house. II happens to be the
third ID, the row and IN that way never nave any
drfc,,l,y IN finding H. How would 1t DE, you ask,
. Z, we're the seventeenth long row Of houses
all allef no | should not count up 10 seventeen
every zine in that case. bat | should choose some
Landmarks on which | could depend, such as Tree
/ mr. a Lam 1post and take my bearings from that on
last i Valentines Day wanted To send valentine
IN one Of my boys and would YOU believe It'll
a,tlly had Ia 70 70 the book here IN the store IN
which the addresses Of all the employees are kept III
order 10 nud out where lived. am AFRAID II were
called AZ witness In court and was not able 10 tel
not have much confidence In my testimony and
shouldn't blame them either. But what have told
You Is actual fact.
speaking OF regulating watches once more, there
Is a recent simple device which makes II much easle
ior the matchmaker than II used 10 be. IL - Mercp
circular piece OF paper made larger OF s.idct % "a
the inside of watch cases or different SIZES
Il IS divided into columns for dates and other entries
80 ~ show the condition OF the watch AT VIZ
time the entry + made An indicate, tHat lIe ""'O'
has been regulated star shows that II had run dowi
and had been set going again. An Indicates right
and that no change j. ncedcd. \ Plus sign $40"
mat the watch runs too la,t, and minus sign INA
II zoe, too slow and the number OF seconds chierc'
/ lr fh. next column show tie rate Of loss or gall
per day. \ character like turned upside dow
/ indicate, set RMS watch case record as ~ j
called great convenience Ia us ana IL causes III
/ trouble the owner OF the watch IN when ~. l
| placed Instead Of having 10 go 10 our books 10 mn
olt how a watch running the Last time we saw II
the record j. right under our eyes. ana u Inc ma
whose special bushes, IL is to look after thr resuAth
J of watches happens Ia be oUt, M' assistant Aho"
/ urrtty well what 1t needed 20 II a man goes I
another city and has occasion 10 consult Waclnaktl
fine latter can get on speaking terms with new watc
! 50 10 say, IN very short ORDER