Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-09-02
HOW TO TAKE CARE or YouR war.
III You Keep II Clean aud Wind I,
uLsrly 1t VIII Keep Good Tin.

Not one person in a thousand t,L..
proper care of watch" said > -
maker yesterday. Good watchaS '1u-
ruined by the careless treatment 80
receive from their owners. AMI ~
makers are abused when they rs,. ~.
OF order. The modern waicI
wonderfully intricate and mos dsl.
cate piece of mechanism. lis con.
posed Of ninety-eight pieces, and oven
1000 operations are used in its man,
facture. 1t takes 306. 900 Of the sr~an
screws which are used ia its consfrns.
tioD TO weigh pound The hairsprir,.
Is piece Of steel about 9 l-2 i1chaoo
long, is l-1,O00th of an inch wide ana
27-lO, OO0th of an inch thick A 9a
l,O00Lh part of an inch difference /,
the thickness of the strip makes a Iif.
ference in the running OF watch ~
about six minutes an hour.
40 keep the going of a watch a.
regular az possible it must be subject.
cd to regular treatment-thati IS N
say, it should be wound up at The
same time of day, and during the tine
THAI it is not worn it should be lgi5
down or hung up regularly, ACCORDING
to habit. as the movement of everS
watch is more regular when it is bung
up or laid down than when it IS worn
in the pocket.
81 always advise my customers IN
wind up their watches in the morping
not only because they generally rise
more regularly than they retire bnt
also because handspring fully wound
up in the morning will more readily
overcome the disturbances which af.
feet the direct going of a watch dur.
ing the movement occasioned In wear.
ing it on ones person in the DAYTIME.
I'm watches having 4 double case
that over the glass should never Be
left open. An attentive observer will
find that If a watch is left open, even
Tor one night, the glass will be covered
with a thin film Of dust. which viii
gradually work its way into the works.
even through the tiniest opening, in
the case and thus cause disturbances.
Nor should n watch ever be placed di.
rectly out of the warm pocket against
cold wall or, worse vet, on a still
colder marble slab, and for that rea-
son protective mat or wash leather
cover is always desirable when watch
is not kept in a pocket.
The capacity of a watch for keep
ing good time is very much governed
by its construction and its more or less
perfect finish. 1t cannot be expected
o4 the best horizontal watch that it
should always keep good time, and
even less so of the inferior make Of
machine-made watches which are now
adavs manufactured and sold for SO
$50 and $50 in such large numbers.
The changes of oil, the variation in
temperature. the diversity Of humidity
of atmosphere, all greatly affect The
going OF a watch. Indeed. it is only
the most perfect finish which neutral
ICES the adverse influences to the
greatest degree. As "A matter of fact
no watch Keeps perfectly correct time
and even the best chronometers used
in observatories and on board ship
must be regulated according to tables
which are kept to fix the variations to
which all watches are liable.
"A watch should be cleaned regular
ly 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 grind
ing material, and wears out the work.
ing parts. The best watch will be
ruined in one or two months IN this
way and will never keep such good
time as before. ~ T. Times