Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-04-28

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 l75 different
pieces Of material enter into its con.
struction. and upwards of 2, 400 separ.
ate operations are comprised in it's
manufacture. On tais tiny instru-
ment you depend in some degree for
nearly every action in your every day
life. However irregular your own
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 a variation
Of fraction of second a day, or
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 it's performance are SIM
ply incredible, when considered in
total. A blacksmith strikss several
thousand blows .on his anvil in a
day, and: is right glad when Sunday
comes around but the roller jewel OF
swatch makes every day, and day
after day, 4s2. coo impacts against the
fork. or 175. $50. 900 blows in a year
without stop to rest, or 8, 1853, coo, 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 no. stop
here. It has been estimated that the
power that moves the watch is equi-
valent to only four times the power
in a flea's jump. consequently 1t
might be called four flea-power.
One horsepower would suifioe to run
207, QUO, 900 watches. Now the balance
wheel of watch IL moved by this
four flea-power one and forty three
one hundreths inches with each vibra-
ton, or 8, $50 81 miles continuously.
in one year: 1t never stops to spit on
it's hands to catch fresh hold
"And 1t doesn' Il take large can Of
oil to lubricate the machine on it's
3. 500 mile run. It just requires one
tenth Of drop to oil the. entire watch
for years service!
''But it has mighty great. need of
that one-tenth of q 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 or retarded
three one-millionths of each 'excur-
sion. the watch gains. ~or loses one
second q dav or half q minute-.a
month. The least increase Of friction
on the bearings, though a change--i in
the form of the--tiny globules. of oil,
or through the introduction of dirt,
will bring about this. or create,
variation.
These are the hard facts of scien-
tifcs. mechanics, illustrated by the
unanswerable =. figures of arithmetic.
What Is the reasonable inference tc
be drawn therefroml This, .:simplY-
that if you would preserve the time
keeping qualities Of your watch you
will not let it..go uncared for until
tho 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 watohmak
or once.every eighteen months for IT.
regeneration.
hope that you believe am a com
petent Matchmaker. I will try to de-
serve your best opinion If you give mi
chance to demonstrate my skill upo,
your ailing watch. The price,-no
the lowest in these parts, but tn
least that the quality OF my work
manship will afford. Maybe, after I
little experience you will conculd'
that 1t is the cheapest in the end
Cheap repairing ia generally rea
extravaganza.
SPIRIT J. VASALY,
Diamond Sign Jeweler