Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-01
CARE OF A WATCH.
UNCLE SAM HERE TELLS HOW 1T
SHOULD BE TREATED.
Effects of Severe Jars-Winding and
Temperature-Care When Not
In Use-Magnetism.

Do you know how to handle. carry,
and wind your watch properly? DO
you know at what time of the day you
should wind it, the pocket in which it
is best to carry it and the position
in which you should leave your watch
at night or when it is not in use?
These are some questions which I'm
Gle Sam has und ertaken to answer for
his 100,000,000 nieces and nephews, or
such of them as are in possession of
a pocket watch.
Instructions as to the use and care
of watches are given in a publication
recently issued by the government bu
reau of standards. They are based on
conclusions reached by scientists after
careful tests and on practical expert
ence of some of the leading watch
manufacturers of the land.
The Importance of handling a fine
watch carefully and of winding it reg
ularly is known to almost everyone.
But rules for the proper treatment of
watches always have varied greatly,
and it is for this reason that the bu-
reau of standards has investigated the
matter and has prepared standard in
structions which it advises owners of
watches to follow.
The bureau, in set of rules, first
cautions against allowing watch to
fall or receive a severe jar, either OF
which q ra liz hlo to in piura tho ,,aohon
ism, especially in the bending of
pivot or the breaking of jewel. The
mere fall of a watch to the end of its
chain or the jar it may receive when
the article of clothing in which It Is
being carried is thrown down or drop
ped may cause serious injury to the
movement. Even the sudden motions
or jar of jumping on or off street car
may injure it seriously.
Likewise, care should be taken TO
keep a watch from becoming magnet.
ized by proximity to electrical appara-
tus, although the trouble from this
cause is being reduced by the present
type of construction of dynamos and
motors. The watch case should b,
opened as seldom as possible, and then
only in places where there Is little
chance of dust getting into the move
ment. A broken watch crystal should
be replaced promptly, even If the
watch has a hunting case.
Concerning the Importance OF wind
Ing watch regularly, the bureau Of
standards states:
Even the delay of an hour in the
time of winding may cause considera-
BILE variation in the rate in some in
stances. The winding should not be
done perkily, but steadily, and not too
rapidly, and it's conclusion should be
approached carefully to avoid injury
to the spring or winding mechanism.
ut is generally regarded as slightly
better to wind the watch in the morn
ing than at night, as the large varia-
tions of the balance under the tight
spring will perhaps give more uniform
results with the movements and jar
of the watch during the day than II
| the balance wheel were subjected to
the lesser tension twelve hours after
winding. The difference is, however,
not so important as the regular wind
ing of the watch, and II circumstances
are such that one is more apt to for
get to wind II in the morning than In
the evening, the latter time of wind
ing should be adopted.