The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01

bridges, arms, and reaches of the repeat
ers and stop-wa tches, the utmost care is
necessary not to cut the sections of the
mechanism across the grain of the Steel.
1t has been clearly demonstrated in watch
manufacture that where the springs and
arms, which in many instances are also
called upon to perform the functions of
springs, are cut across the grain of the
steel they lose their nexibility in the course
of time. The tools used in working the
steel are simple almost to primiuveness
in character. A fidd elbow dri is employed
to run the pinion holes through the Plates.
and the rest of the work is done by the Il
of fine saws and files. The peasants put
only a superficial finish on their work;
the high polish is given to the movements
after they have been returned to the fac
tory.
when the peasant who makes the block
or main sections of the movement has fin
ished his task he passes the several Sec
tons set up in their proper position on to
the man who has the work of making the
winding wheels and pinions This man
sets up his parts accura tely, and passes
the movements on to the hut of the man
who has i'm charge the fitting of the min
ute, hour, and secondhand wheels and
D MONS The wheels by the way are amp
ed out of block brass in the factories, and
are merely fitted friction-tght TO the PIN
ions by the outside workmen.
THE work of constructing the balance
and fork for the complicated movements,
as the repeaters and stop-watch move
ments are called, is the most delicate and
particular work connected with the con-
struction of a movement. The lease vari-
alton from the model in fitting the weights
to the balance wheel will not only destroy
the usefulness of the entire movement,
but threaten the sanity of the adJuster
when the movements finally pass into his
fla.a los ms n
his parts to the blocks, the movements
are returned to the factory, where they
are taken in charge by the examiner.
with this examiner the first work 'un-
der the roof as the outside workmen say
of the factory, is begun. The examiner
takes down the movements and examines
each part separately, TO be sure that the
different sections of the mechanism are
accurately made. As fast as the move
ments are examined and approved they
are passed on to the engraver, where the
scale is marked on the plate of the regu-
lator, as well as the various private marks
of the manufactured The parts are then
passed 10 the finisher, who puts the final
polish on the pates and pinions with the
aid of a soapstone and oil.
Another branch of work which partakes
of the nature of o specially, and is done
by men outside the factory. is the fltting
of the bearing Jewels to their sockets. The
mand are turned down from ruby-clip-
pings, though the smoky sap
phire is by far the better stone for
the purpose, arc set in blocks of brass Of
equal size. which are later brought down
10 the shape desired and fitted TO the
movement blocks In the factory. Many per-
sons have an exaggerated notion as to the
values of these jewels, ana It Will, no
doubt be of interest TO them TO learn that
the most expensive cost about two francs
or forty cents IN our money.
After having passed through the hands
of the poTsher, the separate pieces of the
movements are carefully set up. The COM
pleted watch IS then handed over to the
adjusier for comparison and regulation,
before being placed upon the market. The
adjuster, who has TO be a wa tchmaker OF
great skill and experience 10 his craft,
adjusts the balance Of the watches IN
trusted TO him TO meet eight different con-
characterization in temperature. variu-
tons in position, and variations in the
tension of the main-spriug. This work OF
adjustment is accomplished solely by
changing the weights on The balance
wheel great deaf Of Il Is done in New
York for watches imported into this coun-
try The process Of regulation aud adjust
rnept consists IN FIRST placing ,he wa tches
~ an oven heated 70 "a temperAura ot
about leo degrees Fahrenheit The