Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-03-31
WATCH YOUR WATCH

WATCH YOUR WATCH
You carry in your lower vestpocket
the smallest, most delicate machine
that was ever constructed of the. same
number of parts. About 176 different
pieces Of material enter into it's con-
struction. and upwards Of 2, 400 separ-
ate operations are comprised In it's
manufacture. On this tiny instru-
ment you depend in come degree fvr
nearly every action in your every day
life. However irregular your Owl
habits may be, it's habits must un-
failingly regular; and whenever ap.
pealed to, at any hour Of the day or
night, in cold or in torrid climate, on
the mountain top or in the mine, it
must tell the time within q variation
Of fraction Of second day, OF
you want to know the reason why.
"A watch is really one of the most
wonderful achievements of human
ingenuity. Some of the facts con-
nected with its performance are sim
ply incredible, when considered in
total A blacksmith strikes several
thousand blows on his anvil in
day. and is right glad when Sunday
comes around but the roller jewel OF
q watch makes every day, and day
after day, 4Ss, GOO impacts against the
fork, or I'D. $50, 600 blows in year
without stop to rest, or 8, 159, 800, 600
in the short space Of twenty years.
These Supplying figures are far be-
! yond the grasp OF our feeble intel
lects; but the marvel does not stop
here. It has been estimated that the
power that moves the watch Is eQoi.
valent to only four times the power
in q flea's jump, consequently it
might be called four flea.power.
One horse power would suffice to run
207, O00, COO watches. Now the balance
wheel of watch is moved by this
four flea power one and forty-three
one hundreths inches with each vibra-
ton, or 8, $50 3D. miles continuously,
in one year; it never stops to spit on
it's hands to catch fresh hold
And it doesn't take large can Of
oil to lubricate the machine on it's
8. 500 mile run. 1t just requires one
tenth of drop to oil the entire watch
for a years service
"Kut it has mighty great need of
that one. tenth of a drop Consider if
by reason Of thickening of the oil,
or wearing out of the oil Tor for that
matter, by reason of running, or BIZ
cycle riding, or jumping, or any form
of jar) the vibrations of the bal
ance wheel are accelerated OK retarded
three one-millionths Of each excur-
sion, the watch gains or loses one
second day or half q minute a
month. The least increase Of friction
on the bearings, though change in
the form Of the tiny globules of oil,
or through the introduction of dirt,
will bring about this, OF greater
variation.
These are the hard facts Of scien-
tific mechanics, illustrated by the
unanswerable figures Of arithmetic.
What is the reasonable inference to
be drawn therefrom? This. simply
that if you would preserve the time
keeping qualities Of your watch you
will not let it 60 uncared for until
the delicate pivots are worn by dir:
and they piteously beg to be cleaned
and oiled newly and set a-going. You
will take it to competent wat3hmak-
or once every eighteen months for its
regeneration.
I hope that you believe am COM
petent matchmaker. I will try to de-
serve your best OF inion if you give me
q chance to demonstrate my skill upon
your ailing watch. The price,
the lowest in these parts, but the
least that the quality Of my work
manship will afford. Maybe, after q
little experience you will conclude
that 1t is the cheapest in the end.
Cheap" repairing is generally q real
extravaganza.
SPIRIT J. vAsALY,
Diamond Sign Jeweler.
Peter Muller of Buchanan secured