The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1922-11-09
THE STORY OF A WATCH

The following interesting story con
corning watch is handed TO us by
\. r. Nelson, local jeweler
There is possibly no other one thing
that one looks at as many times day
that they know so little about. as their
watch Many times you have heard
the statement. 4 have twenty-one
jewel watch" but if you should ask
them to indicate to You where the
twenty-one jewels were located, it is
quite possible they would be unable to
do so.
With this in mind the Illinois Watch
Company. Springfield, arranged with
the Rothacker Film Company, OF
Chicago. to produce a three reel motion
picture showing the steps necessary III
the manufacture of Il high-grade
watch.
The part taken by the modern watch
in the harmonious working of the great
and intricate machinery of modern
civilization is not fully understood nor
appreciated If the millions of tine
keepers in the pockets of busy men and
women. were suddenly and permanent
" to stop, a decentralization would re-
suit that could not be obtained by the
removal of any other device of modern
AZ
reign supreme.
As gravitation keeps the great ma
working order. without variation from
sunrise to sunset. from century to
century. so the ingenious device of man
the watch-keeps the great business
and social systems of the civilized
world in one moving unit of order
The picture is introduced with the
arrival of limited train in Springfield
fhome of Illinois Watches) the veteran
engineer removes his watch and varifieS
the time with the remark. Well old
Ticker you're home again. On Time.
This is followed by panoramic view
of the plant of the Illinois Watch
Company.
one of the features Of the picture
is the complete assembly Of watch
by techn:c animated drawings, each
piece even to the small jewel screws.
taking their places unaided. i'll the
proper order This is. undoubtedly
the smallest work ever undertaken with
animated drawings.
one of the most interesting views
is that of the Polishing Department
where all small pieces including the
heads of the smallest screws. are
polished The screws are drawn into
Il polishing block by vacuum, then ce-
mented into the block where they are
ground and polished. The : ze of
these screws is evidenced 10y the fact
that almost 100000 are contained in
AN ounce bottle.
In the Hairspring and Balance De
partment one may see all the intricate
opera lions. inspections and adjust
ments necessary to complete the Heart
of the Watch, the balance with its
hairspring The weight Of the balance,
in connection with the tension of the
hairspring. provides means of regu-
lating the motion of the wheels and
hands at Il uniform rate
The balance of an ordinary watch
travels approximately Is miles each
u hours The train is arranged 50
as to require $1,000 vibrations of the
balance wheel per hour. and the loss
of II single vibration each hour would
be II loss of Il trifie over SO seconds per
week.
Several very interesting views OF the
Astronomical Observatory are also
shown. including the transit 10y means
of which accurate time is obtained by
observing the passage of stars across
the meridian: the chronograph, a re-
volving cylinder upon which the time
of star passage is recorded.