The record-union., 1893-10-27
TAKE CARE OF YOUR WATCH
Regular Winding and an OccaSiona
Cleaning are NeoeSSaPy

AscssuAai " anu an OCcdSlOudl
Cleaning are Necessary.
Not one person in a thousand takes
proper care of watch" said watch
maker to New York Times man. Good
watches are ruined by the careless treat
ment they receive from their owners, and
the makers are abused when they get out
OF order. The modern watch is Won
derfully intricate and most delicate piece
OF mechanism. 1t is composed of ninety
eight pieces and over 1000 operations are
used in its manufacture. 1t takes $780,
600 of the small screws which are used in
its construction TO weigh a pound. The
hairspring is strip of steel about 81
inches long, and is II. 900 of an inch vide
and 27, 900 OF an inch thick. A 20-l 900
part of an inch difference i'll the thickness
of the strip makes a difference in the
running of a watch of about six minutes
an hour.
ITO keep the going of a watch as regular
as possible it must be subjected to regu-
lar treatment-that is to say, it should be
wound up at the same time of day, and
during the time that it is worn it should
be laid down or hung up regularly, ac-
cordlng to habit, as the movement OF
every watch is more regular when 1t is
hung or laid down than when 1t is worn IN
the pocket. [ always advise my custom
ers to wind Up their watches in the morn
ing, not only because they generally rise
more regularly than they retire, but also
because handspring fully wound up in
the morning will more readily overcome
the disturbances which affect The correct
going OF a watch during the movement
occas1oned in wearing it on ones person
in the daytime.
I'm watches having double case that
over the glass should never be left open.
An attentive observer will find that If a
watch Is left open, even for one night, the
glass will be covered with a thin film of
dust, which will gradually work it's way
into the works, even through the tlnlest
openings in the case, and thus cause dis
turbances. Nor should a watch ever be
placed directly out of the warm pocket
against cold wall, or, worse yet, on
still colder marble slab, and for that rea-
son a protective mat or wash leather
cover is always desirable when watch Is
not kept in pocket. The capacity OF a
watch for keeping time is very much
governed by its construction and it's more
or less perfect finish. 1t cannot be eX-
pected of the best horizontal watch that 1t
should always keep good time, and even
less so of the inferior make OF machine
made watches which are nowadays manu-
factured and sold for $40, $50 and $50 in
such large numbers.
1.-THE changes of oil, the variations in
temperature, the diversity OF humldlty OF
atmosphere, all greatly affect the going Of
a watch. Indeed, it is only the most per-
feet finish which neutralizes the adverse
influences to the greatest degree. AS
matter of fact, no watch keeps perfectly
correct time, and even the best chro-
nometers used in observatories and on
board ship must be regulated according
TO tables which are kept to fix the varia-
tions to which all watches are liable.
"a watch should be cleaned regularly
once year. If this precaution is not
taken in time the oil decomposes, gets
mixed with the particles of dust which
enter. the works of the best closing watch,
begins to act as a grinding material and
wears out the working parts. The best
watch will be ruined in one or two
months in this way, and will never keep
such good time as BEFORE"