Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-09-04
CARE OF A WATCH
UNCLE SAM HERE TELLS HOW 1T
SHOULD BIZ TREATED.
Effects Of Severe Jars--Windinu 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 1t
Is best to carry 1t and the position
in which you should leave your watch
at night or when it is not in use?
These are some questions which UIl.
Gle Sam has undertaken to answer for
his 100,000000 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 II 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 1t advises owners OF
watches to follow.
The bureau, in set Of rules, first
cautions against allowing watch to
fall or receive severe jar, either OF
which are liable to injure the mechan.
ism, especially in the bending of
pivot or the breaking Of jewel. The
mere fall Of watch to the end OF Its
chain or the jar it may receive when
the article Of clothing in which 1t 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 a street car
may injure 1t seriously.
Likewise, care should be taken to
keep watch from becoming magnet
lied 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 be
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only in places where there is little
chance of dust getting into the move
ment. A broken watch crystal should
be replaced promptly, even IL the
watch has hunting case.
Concerning the Importance of wind
ing watch regularly, the bureau OF
standards states:
"Even the delay of an nour 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 its conclusion should be
approached carefully to avoid injury
to the spring or winding mechanism.
at 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 il
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 If circumstances
are such that one is more apt to for
get to wind it in the morning than in
the evening, the latter time of wind
ing should be adopted.
"If one has an opportunity to COM
pare his watch daily at certain time
with some source of standard time,
as with the time as sent out by tele-
graph or by wireless signals, or by
regular comparison with some accu-
rate clock, as one daily passes jewel.
er's store, for instance, it would be
well to establish the habit of winding
the watch at that time, as 1t is better
to have such daily comparisons made
at the time the watch is wound. and
more regular winding will usually en-
sue.
1.-THE pocket in which one carries
his watch, the size of the pocket and
the kind OF watch chain or fob used
have more important effect on the
uniformity of watch's rate than is
generally realized. The temperature
Of the watch in different pockets will
vary considerably and the amount of
motion or jar to which the watch
would be subjected would differ. For
instance, a watch carried in the upper
| pocket would generally be at a lower
temperature and would be more fro.
quently disturbed, as we'll as being
held in various positions more irreg-
ularly, than in other pockets.
"In large pocket the watch is apt
to turn to the right or left by various
amounts, giving irregular rates, uu-
less one adopts some method of hold
ing it upright. Perhaps the best meth
cd TO prevent watch turning in this
way, other than actually pinning 1t in
place, is to keep the watch in a cho-
mois or kid watch bag. such as may
be obtained from jewelers. in correct
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