The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-20
CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES.
They are Used ny Nurses as Wen rs ny
Sportsmen and are About Perfect


They are Used by Nurses as Well rs by
Sportsmen and are About Perfect
The properly equipped trained nurse
whether at the seat OF war wearing tho
badge OF the Red cross or waiting upon
the afflicted az home. carried ch'oho
graph watch. not the large. spht-secoho
timing piece associated with the Sports
of the turf and field. but hanqsoine
little single chronograph, cased Ike
other gold watches designed for women ;
use. These watches are especially maoe
tO enable trained nurses 10 take accu-
rateiy the pulse OF their patients. me
moment the pulse has been taken the
large sweep second hand can be instantly
stopped by a slight pressure upon the
stem OF the watch. II there II huctua-
ton An the pulse, the second hand can De
thrown quickly back 70 the strauns
point and the pulse taken over again
without ln any way interfering with tho
other mechanism of the watch. 30 much
depends upon the accurate knowledge OK
the pulse that these chronographs are
am invaluable auxiliary In the work or
the sickroom While these watches are
an entirely recent idea. many physicians
and surgeons carry regular chronosiaphs
for the same purpose. The watches FOR
range from 500 upward.
WhIa ordinary watches have been
made for several centuries, the timing
watch and It's rapid development 20 its
present high state OF perfection are the
product of our own time. The first tim
ing watch was made some forty OF nifty
years ago. To was not designed FOR timing
horse races or other sports, FOR II was
called q surgeons pulse. which proves
90 q"
watch by physicians IS really going back
90 first principles. This original watch
was a very crude affair lt simply had
"a large second hand that made circuit
of the dial every minute. jumping sec
ond at "a Time. and there was no way or
stopping or otherwise controlling II. inc
subsequent development Of tho Split
second chrOnograph and its use IN horse
racing and other sports nave siHcc
caused timing wathces 90 be associated
more with horse racing than any otner
single interest They are now ABOUT as
near perfection as can be attained 10y
human skill and ingenuity. The fact
should not be lost sight of that "a watch
is. after an. merely piece OF mechan-
ism. and like amy other machine, a great
deal depends on it's handling. A higniy
adjusted watch IS an excellent Indicator
of the character OF the Wearer, par
ticularlv ass regards his daily habits, FOR,
while one watch may run within sec-
ond "a day with one man, 10 may vary
many seconds with another. a custom
on the other day brought his watch 10
70 famous New York jcweler and told
him that in the previous six months IL
had gained just nine seconds; in the
next three months it lost two seconds So
that in the nine months it had varied
CASA ..Ylw.Na fNIH
really phenomenal case. but IL demon
strates what d very superior watch has
done under the most favorable circum-
stances. Tho owner OF this watch ls a
very methOdical man. with A disposition
that is never RULED. lie is punctualty
itself, winds mp his watch al the same
hour each day walks az about the same
gait and the same distance daily attend
ing 20 hts business affairs goes 90 bed a Z
the same hour each night and on retir-
iue leaves the watch in his waistcoat
hung over a chair Thus for the same
number of hours each day the watch
rests in the Same position. Give this
same timepiece t0 "a nervous, eXciiaDle
person. who runs for and jumps on ears,
whose habit is tO wind his watch on Re-
trims and who reure5 at all hours.
and the result would be very different
DO has also been noticed that watches
vary more or Jess. a- the case may o..
between Saturday and Monday than ln
an equal length Of time during the week
for the reason that tle average man DIS
less active between saturday ana Mon
day than ON other days. or course this
applies chiefly Co the finely adjusted
watches.
with the impr0vam0nf n watches
generally the cost off production. hlf ALSO
Iaau materially reduced. 500 tIIf to-day