Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-20
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EXPERTS IGNORE FACTORIES


Finest swiss Watches Are Made In Little
Cottages.
| II Is most interesting to c 'rpare le
dsfrercnt methods hy means II which
the highest grade of mechanical perfcc-
tlon is attained In vnrio ,s ,nuntrie, ;.
Notwithstanding the high character oe
American watches. for example, the
finest Swiss watches stiu maintain their
great reputation. The Swiss ,vorl,muu
receives the pnrts from the manufnctur-
or In the rough. takes them 10 bis hone.
puts his hes. individual skill into the
finishing and assembling, and brings
the completed watches TO his em-
ploycr. The latter inspects the wo. k.
pnd out of batch Of, sny. SO watches.
he selects Ave or slM ns worthy of his
own attention, nnd puts the others into
his regular trade under some general
trndc name. Tho selected watches hs
rendjnsts, working them over for tlnys.
weeks. nnd months, before he considers
them worthy to bear his own name. and
II is these watches which 20 TO those
who not only hive the money to buy.
but also the pptience 10 wait.
A promincnt firm Of American Jewell
l
this old world method OF doing things,
sought TO Introduce American methods,
and sec II the highest Crude of Sw.ss
watches could not be made more mo-
thodlcnlly. A factory wps built, en-
ticlng rates of wnges were offered ia
the most slslllful workmen, and The eN.
pertinent was tried. but. alus! Tho
Swiss workman soon found thnt no
regular wages could pay him for his
loss of liberty. Tobc on hand when the
whistle blow In the morning. to hnvl
his Rtated hour for dinner. and his fixrd
hour for quitting at night-these re-
strictlons he could not iosg B,and
Formerly he Ind worked when he fell
lisn II and stopped when II pleased him
nnd when he wns pnid for one Job n,
took his time TO begin the next, generaL
ly waiting until lls funds rnrt low. Th.
factory plan did not work for long, md
the idle building now bears silent tes;t
mony to the Swiss love for lndcpcntt
cncc. which IL as much factor In pres
eht life Ms IL hns been In past hstvry.
The fact TINT much of the work of tn,
Swiss wntchmnkers md lnstrmu nj
makers is done In this primitive manner
high quality, but rather adds to it's per
fection hy cmbodylng In cnch artic,
the individual skill OF the workman
The writer dcarcd to procure one OF tn,
famous Goldschmidt nnero.d bnromet
crs. nrd only inter some difficulty and
many Inquiries did he succeed In flrd
inG the whereabouts OF tho maker ntnlt
Al last he was directed to the quaint
street In the quarter Of tho city ol
Zurich known ns the "Trittligasse" (tht
street OF the little ssepR). There hs
found gate in u wnll bearing the dc.
sired number. but no name or sign oi
my description 10 indicate what wni
within. Knocking to obtain admission
lie was finally let into garden, over
nno:her rnll und w picturesque set ci
steps, md ushercd into little roor. IN
which wan work OF tho finest doscrip
tion.
few men and boys. coupla oi
womcn-.this was the working force,
hut here were products which surpassed
the ancst instruments OF any he hat.
ever scen. Each article wns shown nd
handled as II IL had been personal pet,
lmrdIy to he parted with, and Il wns in.
decd interesting to sec how every
instrument wns caibered and tested
and recorded in manner which could
not but prove that for such work in.
dividnalism had its advantages over chi
lcctivism. The articles were indee,l
manufactured" In the true etymologic.
nj nense of the term. "hand made" ard
head made, too. for that mntter,nnd all
this In II little out-building accessible
only after dilgent search and ,aany
mlsedyentures.-C Cassier's Maga@ne.
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