Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-11-24
Women Careless of Watches.

As a general thing women are careless
of their watches AT least that is the
opinion of some of the leading watch
makers.
\ man connected with one of the pio-
neer watch factories of this country let
in good deal of light on the subject
when approached by a sun reporter The
reporter had been a few hours earlier
witness to the following incident:
n woman sailed into a Fifth avenue
jewelry establishment and made for the
watch department. Evidently she was
a regular Customer.
something ais this ,yatch" She began
in an injured tone. "IIalf the time it
refuses to go and this is one of the
times. Aid | paid enough for it, good
ness knows"
do you wind it regularly" asked the
man behind the counter.
why. certainly" answered the wom-
an. with an infection which clearly
meant, What silly question"
The man took the watch and began
turning the srem. He wound and wound
and wound and presently the thing be-
CAV 10 tick
The watch was run down" he OBJ
served mildly.
II don't understand how that could be
I'm positive | wound it last night" the
owner insisted with some asperity.
The spring indicated that the watch
had not been wound in more than twenty
four hours, commented the man.
We'll. | certainly thought wound it
last night this in a less confident tone.
If you will leave the watch, madam. |
will have it looked over carefully and put
in perfect condition. was the rejoinder,
and the customer swept out.
NO use in the world" the clerk com
mented ITO insist that all the watch
needs is to be wound regularly. Every
matchmaker, every reparer of watches.
has this experience often, and there is
none who has ever met a woman who did
not resent being told she was careless"
AS n rule" explained the man first re-
ferred to. THE watch is the most abused
article in the world. Women in particular
are almost CriminalY careless in their
treatment of timepiece. Generally
speaking. a man wears his watch all the
time. y woman. on the other hand. wears
her watch one day and keeps it in a top
bureau drawer for the next two or three
days. where it has every chance to get
filled with dust In the meantime she for
gets to wind it up. Ask most women and
they VIII confess that they never think to
wind their watch until it is run down.
Take it all in all. said he. women
care n good deal more about the outside
looks of their watch than about whether
II gains or loses minutes or hours a day.
One of our customers. for instance, was
looking at necklaces the other day when
her friend said hurriedy. 4 believe
must go
"'Oh no said the other turning
around her chatelaine watch. It's only A.
Why, it says half past 4, the other
remarked.
Yes | know it does, but it's half an
hour fast
AS for taking watch once year to
be cleaned and oiled, probably not one
man even in hundred dreams of doing
such thing. and never a woman The
usual Iaode of procedure is to wait until
the watch begins TO stop unexpectedly or
70 lose time.
a good watch needs only one drop Of
oil a year to keep it in first rate condition.
but that one drop it must have. and sell
dom or never gets.
THE small wheel Of n watch in one
year covers as much space in its revoiu-
tionS Is would bridge the distance from
! here to London, and NH it asks and
doesn't often get in return is a drop Of
/ oil and n busting out once in twelve
months. -ESchange.