The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-01
WHEN TO VINO YOUR WATCH.
Regular Treatment Essential to Accuracy
of Fine Timepieces.


MY watch has developed most
annoying irregularity," remarked a
very businesslike woman. 1T lost and
gained time by turns until | conceived
the diSagrceablc impression of having
paid first-class price for third-class
article. Fun of resentment | posted
off TO the dealer i'm thermometers from
whom the watch had been purchased
! and accused him of having treated me
unfairly.
He opened my timcpiccC." she con
tinued and having examined it's in
ternal economy very closely. remarked:
It's simply case of unconscious cru.
city to q faithful but sensitive friend
These little workers that tircleSsly 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 Il thought.
Take. for instance. the simple pro-
cess of winding Il watch. There is
right and a wrong way of doing II.
Whether it he by key or stem. it
should be wound in the morning Turn
slowly and avoid all jcrky movements
The watch will then work best during
| the day, as the spring will exert it's
| strongest traction power. whereby the
external iostlingS inflicted on the
watch by your daily WeHks and walks
are fairly counterbalanced When a
watch is wound at night it has only
the weakened spring TO offer as re-
IN In I'll
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 Law it
| down one night and hang it up the
next Keep it i'm the same position as
nearly as circumstances will permit
In second-claSS watches the rate diff
| ference between the horizontal and
vertical position is often quite signiti-
cant. Nor should YOU hang your
watch on nail where it can swing to
and fro like pendulum. II will either
gain or lose a great deal while i'm that
| position.
The difference i'm temperature he
tween your breast or a mans waist
coat pocket and wall. that NAV he
nearly at the freezing point. is about
Scventy-Seven TO lightweight degrees
Fahrenheit. and q watch should there
| fore never he suspended or laid against
q cold surface. Sudden changes i'm the
| temperature OF the atmosphere are tho
causes OF most mainsprings breaking.
| The watch wearcr should clean his or
her pockets frequently. carefully
J brushing out all dust and fibre. for
there never was a 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 he cleaned
| once in eighteen months. and every
year would be better. BY this time the
! oil dries up ana mixes with metallic
dust; it grinds away ON the works like
emery When 1 tell YOU that Il watch
| ticks assoc times i'm one day. YOU can
! compute the gigantic task it performs
in year. Treat your watch rcasona-
bly,. aud it will appreciates such care.
and will serve you faithfully rs a
friend in need. Washington Star.