Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-10
ASPIRING IN 4 NAgIn
AN IMPORTANT BIT OF a,...
FREQUENTLY sarAks Va

watchnaksrs say That sud-.
Of Weather Are Danrs,.,. ,ss
Unesrtain Pieces Of sassA..,.' ~
springs In Ezpsnsiv. w.s.h. -
"Mainsprings are very much 4,
pie" said . Broadway watchs.1, -
other day. "They are ss sns..' ..'e g u
extreme degrees OF heat nv pa1ls
human beings. When the tbsrm s'aa : n
IS lowering around the freezips IS
dancing away mp in the ninsf;s1l y e
tie handspring viii give nm 4 - "
and uncoil itself and die ~ ssa
succumb to freezing or snnst tsSs = y. msl
This uncertain piece Of mechs.'.
supposed to be adjusted 10 ,ass.
various degrees Of tempers,,,s ss' = I
when the change is yerv ss oqt
comes with short notice tbsro 4 sss god
that can prevent them from .n .oslla
They are made in Switzerland !! ag
very finest quality Of steel AL = y &
fawless. Very often the w.ss stoaalsly
can detect q bad spring befors s1a.1
It IN the watch, either by Ia Ky sl'''ns
the softness Of Its spring. The Gil g.
been too highly tempered in ~ r.., w
and instead Of being subjected 4 ,s.a
red heat the fire has been h, = 49,
white heat, thus weakening tba VI; So y
OF the metal. The finest watches M. w 4!
handled BY reliable dealers NJ ", "
through cooking and freezing Y
ess before they are sold, for ~ =. ~; :
OF testing their reliability in ali team
atures. sS'iEels y
The watch is first placed X !. ~,
metal box, which is made s;,. ;',ts
Then strong gas fame il tu,rsse
the under surface Of the box and I s.
there for two or three hours. q I'M 4. (
watch is SO hot at the end Of that ~; y
that 1t could not be touched Win ~, Il. \
bare hand. From this It 4 ;mrs "
ately taken and put into another 8.
tallic box which is buried in ia Ths..
the costly watch is allowed to frss 49,.
for an equal length of time. wdar i. :
torture ceases and the examinst;on !.
made. II during this excessive tn Il.
watch appears to have licked ms,,; n
on without deviating fractional ~
of second it is placed back IN tbe s..
and marked guaranteed for two vaay, !
The handspring is the first piece y
mechanism that succumbs to the -
If it survives nothing else need befearsd
Mainsprings are, however, about ~
only part Of watch that the Jewell,
cannot successfully diagnose. They can
guarantee any Of the numberless it'll
wheels or pivots or balances that pota
make up the anatomy of the watch. but
the handspring has as yet baf]ed ~
most skilled makers of watches d al
countries. 1t is not SO much the severe
extremes Of the weather that prove fatsl
to the spring as it is the process 4
changing from hot to cold, or vice yersx
Like the human frame, if the ribbonlihe
little coil of steel can Withstand the If.
fects of this change it may be considered
proof against breaking when the change
to normal weather comes.
Many people who have been possessou
of new watches but short time come
into the dealers with blood in their ewes,
declaring that they have paid an enor.
nous price for the timepiece and tho
handspring has broken after only
weeks use.
"That is nothing, remarked the jewel.
err. "We have them snap in our case
before the watch has ever been shown
for SALE" Others imagine that thsy
might have wound the watch too tight
but this does not harm it. 1t is rather
the jerky, hurried winding that will
eventually tell on the temper Of tho
metal. Every good stem winder has
stop placed in the stem, which prevents
the winding too tight.
Damp weather has an i'll effect On
mainsprings, and in England they do
not as rule last as long as in this conn
try. A severe thunder and lightning
storm also frequently proves disastrous
to the durability of the spring. Adealsr
who took in seventy-nine watches on one
day said that one summer on day i'm.
mediately following terrific electrical
storm there were twenty-one watches
brought into his store within five hours
for new mainsprings. The costof new
handspring is the small part of making
such repair. 1t is the putting them IN,
the labor expended, that costs. 1t costs
from twelve to fifteen dollars to put
handspring in the Jurgensen watch and
little less in Patek Philippe, while
in a cheaper American make it may
cost only fifty cents or dollar.
A man purchased a $500 Jurgensen
from leading dealer several years ago
and shortly after he left for tout
around the world. He was gone year.
and when he returned he went back 70
the dealer with his watch and COM
planned: "Here's a watch pald you
$500 for a year ago, and while was
travelling abroad it lost two minutes
You guaranteed it, and | want you'v
make it good" The watch was plaesu
in the window with this card Dc
side it:
'"This watch lost only two minutes u
a year in trip around the world rf''
$780," 1t sold within an hour.
1t is said that one bar of iron cos'lns
s. will produce s25o,o00 worth OF msln
springs. -,
Some springs are made in this couau'
by the manufacturers of cheap wa'cn's,
These springs are several feet long anu
take nearly two minutes to wina up
New York World.
Wide Columns and the Eyesisns
Eye experts insist that people !, Wa ~
wish to preserve their eyesign1 VIZ
well to contine their reading as 10 an
possible to round, fat faced type, anu !,
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