Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-20
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EXPERTS IGNORE FACTORIES
Finsst Swiss Watches Are Made ,n Lssts.
Cottages.

Finsst Swiss Watches Are Made ,n Lsttss
Cottages.
II is most interesting 10 c .r1pare fa
CiIercnt methods hy means 4 whish
the highest grade of mechanical pcrfcc-
tion is attained In vnrio - >~unt,ie :,
notwithstanding the high character 90
American Watches, for example, the
finest Swiss watches stiu maintain their
great reputation. The Swiss Workman
receives the parts from the manufnctur-
er IN the rough. takes them 20 bis home.
puts his bcs' individual skill into The
finishing and assembling. and brings
the completed watches 10 his en-
ploycr. The latter inspects the ,vo. k.
pnd out of a batch OF. say. SO watches.
he selects Ave or siN as worthy of HIS
own attention. and puts the others into
his regular trade under some general
trade hume. Tho selected watches no
readjusts. working them over for days.
weeks. and months. before he considers
them worthy 10 bear his own name. nnd
II Is these watches which 20 TO those
who not only hive the money TO buy.
but nlso the pOtience To whit.
A prominent firm Of American Jewell
| srs. chRfinR under the inconvcniences OF
sought 20 introduce American methods,
and see II the highest grade OF sw!ss
watches could not be made more me-
thodicnlly. A factory wps built. en-
ticing rates of wages were offered Ia
the most sLillful worlxmen. ard the eN.
pertinent was tried. Dat. alas! Tho
Swiss workman soon found that no
regular wages could pay him for his
| ~ - 4
whistle blew In the morning. 10 hnv.
his stated hour for dinner. snd his fixed
hour for quitting st night-these r..
! strictions he could not io.e stand
d Formerly he had worked when ne fcii
like u and stopped when II pleased him
md when he was paid for one Job h,
took his time 60 begin the next, general
ly waiting until hls funds ran low. Th.
factory plan did not work for long. ana
the idle building now bears silent TEST
mony To the Swiss love for indcpcnd
cncc. which is as much IA factor IN pres
ent life as IL has been in past history.
The fact that much Of the work of tn,
Swiss wn;chmakers and instrmu, nj
makers IL done In this primitive manne,
does not In the least detract from iri
high quality. but rather adds TO It's per
fection NY embodying I'm each articl,
the individual skill OF the workman
The writer dcs,rcd n procure one of th,
famous Goldschmidt anero.d baromeL
crs ard only utter some difficulty and
many inquiries did lie succeed In fird
ing Che whercab bouts Of the maker nt NIL
Al last lac was directed 20 the aunini
street In the quarter of the city ol
Zurich known as the "Trittiigasse" (ths
street Of the little s.epal. Thcrc he
found a gate in a wnli bearing the dc.
sired number. hut no name or sign OF
any description To indicate what wat
within. Knocking to obtain admission.
he was finally let into n garden, Over
another wall und up picturesque set %
STEPS, and rahercd into little roor, ~
which wGn work OF tho finest tesorip
tion.
A few men and boys. couple oi
women--this was the working force
hut here were products which surpassed
the ancst instruments OF any lac had
ever seen. Each article wns show n and
handled as II IL had been personal pet,
hardly TO be parted with. and Il was 10.
deed interesting 90 see how every
instrument was calibcred ana testel
epd recorded i'm a manner which could
rot but prove that for such work Ia.
dividnalism had it, advantages over cnl.
lcctivism. The articles were indeed
manufactured" in the true etymologic.
nj Hense of the term. hand made" ard
head made. too. for that matter,and al
this In s little opt-building accessible
only after dilgent search and .aany
misGdventures.-Cnss Magazine.