The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11
TAKE CARE OF YOUR WATCH.
Keep 1t Clean, Wind 1t Regularly, and It
VIII Keen Time.

VIII Keep Time.
"Not one person in a thousand takes
proper care Of a watch" said watch.
maker, recently. Good watches are
ruined by the careless treatment they
receive from their owners, and the
makers are abused when they get out
of order. The modern watch is a won
derfully intricate and most delicate
piece of mechanism. 1t is composed of
9S pieces, and over 1900 operations are
used in its manufacture. 1t takes $685.
900 OF the small screws which are used
in its construction to weigh pound.
The hairsEring is a strip Of steel about
81 inches long, is 1-1,000 of an inch
wide and 27-10, 600 of an inch thick. A
20-1, 900 an inch difference in the thick
ness of the strip makes difference in
the running of a watch of about six
minutes in an hour
ITO keep the going of watch as
regular as possible it must be subjected
to regular treatment-that is to say, it
should be wound up at the same time
of day, and during the time that it is
not worn it should be laid down or
hung up regularly, according to habit.
as the movement of every watch is
more regular when it is hung or laid
down than when it is worn in the
pocket
Il always advise my customers to
wind up their watches in the morning,
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 going of watch during the move
ment occasioned in wearing it on ones
person in the daytime.
in 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
night, the glass will be covered with
thin finn of dust, which will gradually
work its way into the works, then
through the tiniest openings in the
case, and thus cause disturbances Nor
should a watch ever be placed ont of
worse yet, on a still colder marble slab,
and for that reason protective mat or
wash leather cover is always desirable
when watch is not kept in a pocket
THE capacity of a watch for keeping
good time is very much governed Ey
its construction and it's more or less per-
feet finish. 1t cannot be expected of 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 nowadays
and sold for ten, twenty
and thirty dollars in such large num-
bers
The changes of oil, the variations in
the diversity or humidity
of atmosphere, all greatly affect the
going of watch. Indeed it is only the
most perfect finish which neutralizes
the adverse Influences to the greatest
degree. As matter of fact no watch
keeps perfectly correct time, and even
the best thermometers used in observa-
tories and on board ship must be regu-
lated according to ia bles which are kept
to fix the variations to which all
are liable.
n watch should be cleaned regular
" once a 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 clos
ing watch, begins to act as grinding
and wears ont the working
parts. The best watch will be ruined
N one or two months in this way. and
viii never keep such good time as be-
tore. "-Boston Traveller