Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-13
LONG SUFFERING WATCHES.
Valuable Timcpieccs Injured Because.
of Their Owners Neglect.


do most persons know how TO take
care Of a watch? was asked of a jewell
Ter recently.
They DON'T" was the reply. 1.-THE
average man knows nothing about It,
while women are hopeless. See where
they carry their watches. pinned on their
corsage, or dangling from belts. swinging,
pounding. and Earring with every step.
81 thrive by this ignorance Of man.
kind" he continued. MEN bring watches
to me for repairs that have not been to
matchmaker for five or six years. They
say to me: L don't understand II. My
watch has kept excellent time for five
years, and now it's stopped. / dent see
why"
They seem to forget that a watch re-
quires constant attention; that II Is Of
complicated and delicate construction.
A belief seems TO prevail that watches
should run forever
RULES TO BE OBSERVED.
"If you want to obtain the best re-
suits from a watch, and save annoyance
and expensive repairs. there are some
rules to observe" and the jeweller then
told what these rules are:
DO not let a watch run down, but wind
1t regularly at a certain time each day.
Set q watch by and compare 1t with
a reliable regulator.
Hold a watch still when winding II,
and never shake 1t violently
Never NEEDLE with the works.
Never carry a watch near an electrical
machine.
Do not let your watch run for more
than two years without being cleaned.
Never put watch In the hands OF a
poor workman.
IF your watch stops, the first thing
to do is to ascertain IL 1t has run down."
the jeweller continued. IF 1t has. wind
4. up and set It, Many a time persons
have come to me with watches that
would not so. when the only trouble lay
I'm their not having been wound up.
Women are the greatest offenders In this
particular
Sometimes 1t will be found that the
hands have caught. This can be ascer-
tanned at a glance. and with little care
they can be freed. IL the watch has
not run down, and the hands are free.
the only thing to. do is TO take 1t at
once to a good matchmaker. and let him
deal with It.
"a great deal OF the accuracy OF
watch depends upon regular winding.
That should be done daily, and as near
as possible the same hour. Some watch
makers say the morning Is the best time
for winding q watch, as the spring Is
then more compact, and better able TO
stand the jarring Of the day. However.
whether 1t be morning. noon, or night,
a watch should be wound regularly. and
never be permitted to run down.
NEED OF OCCASIONAL ATTENTION.
ut is a positive injury TO a watch to
be continually setting IL. If II Is COM
pared regularly with one reliable time
piece, what II gains or loses can be easily
determined and remedied. No watch Is
improved by shaking II violently. II any
thing impedos the movement the slightest
agitation Will start IL, while violence and
pokings with pins and penkniyes Is likely
to dlsIodge some portion OF the mechan-
Ism which would be expensive to replace.
"To neglect watch Is very like ne
glecting ones teeth. Sooner or later II
must go to the watch-maker's for re-
pairs, just as man In time must visit
his dentist. The longer the caro- Is de-
ferred the worse 1t Is for watch and pa
tient.
mo woman would think Of using o
sewing machine. and no man Of using .
wagon for months and years without
oillng, yet they will deposit a watch In
a bureau-drawer, or let It tick without
ceasing In the pocket for years without
attention. There Is no economy In this.
A watch should be attended to at least
once in two years, and when 1t Is taken
to a matchmaker care should be taken
that a good workman IL selected. Many
a fine watch has been ruined by unskilful
workmen.
"a nicely adjusted watch will not run
az accurately In the pocket OF nervous
and fidgety man as In that OF quiet
person. A mar who runs after trains
and boats. and jumps Off cars will never
have as accurate time as person who
walks slowly and acts deliberately.
Again, some persons have such an
abundance Of electricity that II II almost
impossible for them to obtain good .time
from their. watches.
Another feature that works against
the accurate running Of watch Is yio-
lent changes In temperature. and the po-
sition In which II b held. II Il IL taken
from the pocket at night and placed on
the marble top OF bureau It will not
run as accurately AZ II kept In about
the same temperature and position y
occupies while In the pocket"
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