The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-06
WHEN TO WIND YOUR WATCH.
Regular Treatment Essential to Accuracy
of Fine Titnepfeces.


Regular Treatment Essential to Accuracy
of Fine Tiinepfeces.
"My watch has developed n most
annoying irregularity," remarked n
very businessllke woman. "It lost and
gained time by turns until l conceived
the disagreeable impression of having
paid a first-class price for thrd-class
article. Fun of resentment, / posted
off to the dealer in chronometers from
whom the watch had been purchased
and accused him of having treated me
unfairly.
"He opened my tlmepiece," she CON
tinued. land having examined its in
ternal economy very closely, remarked
It's simply case Of unconscious cru
city to n faithful but sensitive friend
These little workers that tireiessly tick
along, even when their owners are
asleep, are worthy of far better treat
ment than they receive. Fully ninety
nine per cent. of the people who carry
watches never give them a thought.
"Take, for instance, the simple pro-
cess of winding a watch. There is a
right and wrong way of doing it.
Whether it be by key or a stem, 1t
should be wound in the morning. Turn
slowly and avoid all jerky movements.
The watch will then work best during
the day, as the spring will exert It's
strongest traction power. whereby the
external jostling5 tpflcted on the
watch by your daily Nsulks and walks
are fairly counterbalanced. When n
watch is wound at night it has only
the weakened spring to offer as re-
slstance to the jerks and jolts of the
daytime. The morning winding also
lessons the danger of breaking the
handspring, which, being no longer at
full tension at night, can stand the
cold better.
"All watches keep better time as the
result of regular habits. Don't lay it
down one night and hang it up the
next Keep it in the same position MS
nearly as circumstances will permit.
In second-class watches the rate diff
ference between the horizontal and
vertical position Is often quite signifi-
can't Nor should you hang your
watch on a nail where it can swing to
and fro like pendulum. 1t will either
gain or lose a great deal while in that
position.
'The difference in temperature be-
tween your breast or mans waist
coat pocket and wall, that may be
nearly at the freezing point, is about
seventy-seven to eighty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit, and n watch should there
fore never be suspended or laid against
n cold surface. Sudden changes in the.
temperature of the atmosphere are the
causes of most mainsprlngs breaking.
The watch wearer should clean his or
her pockets frequently, carefully
brushing out all dust and fibre, for
there never was n joining made tight
enough to keep out all dust This gets
into the oil which has thickened with
time, and necessarily produces irregu-
larities of rate. Even with the great
est care watch should be cleaned
once in eighteen months, and every
year would be better. By this time the
oil dries up and mixes with metallic
dust; it grinds away on the works like
emery. When 1 tell you that watch
ticks 3SS,S00 times in one day, you can
compute the gigantic task it performs
in n year. Treat your watch reasona-
bly,, and it will appreciate such care,
and will serve you faithfully as n
friend in need."-Washington Star.