Show HOW TO TAKE CARE OF WATCH Uncle Sam Gives Advice as to Proper Way to Handle Your Timepiece WIND IT T IN THE MORNING At Night or When Not in Use UseI I Watch Should be Kept in inCorrect inCorrect Correct Position t I Do you ou know how to handle carr carry and wind your our watch proper properly Do you ou know at what timo time of the da day you 1 0 should wind It it the pocket In which ItIs it itIs itis is best to carr carry it and the position In which you ou should leave your our watch at night or when It 11 is not In use use These are arc some questions which Uncle Undo Sam has undertaken to answer for his nieces and nephews nephew or such of thorn thom as are arc the possessors e ors of ot s. s pocket watch Instruction as to the use and caro of or watches arO are given In lit a publication re recently re- re conti Issued b by the bureau of oC stand stand- ards The They arc aro based on conclusions reach reached cd b by scientists after careful tests and andon on tho the practical experience of oC some of oC the leading watch manufacturers manufacturers of or tho land The importance of or handling a fine watch carefully and of ot winding It regularly regularly reg reg- is known to almost everyone But BUl rules for the thc proper treatment of ot watches always have varied greatly and It is for this r reason son that the bureau bureau bureau bur bur- eau of oC standards has investigated in the tile matter and has prepared stun standard ard Instructions in instructions In- In which it advises owners of oC watches to follow Don't Dont Let It It Fall n II The bureau hureau in Its set o of rules first cautions a against allowing a watch to tall fall or receive a ero be jar Jar either cither of or which arc are liable to injure the mechanIsm mechanism ism especially in tho the bending of a pivot or the breaking of or a jewel The mere fall of a watch to the end of ot its Chain or of the jar It may receive when the article of ot clothing In which it is being carried I Is thrown down or dropped dropped dropped drop drop- ped ma may cause serious Injury to the movement Even en tho sudden Rudden motions or jar of oC jumping on or off oU a street car carmay carmay carmay may Injure In Jumping ure it seriously Likewise caro care should be taken to 10 keep a watch from rom becoming magnetized magnetIzed magnetized magnet magnet- b by proximity to electrical apparatus ap ap- ap- ap althou although h the trouble from this cause cause caulle is becoming reduced by tho the present present pre pro sent type of oC construction of o dynamos and motors Tho watch case should bo ho opened as seldom as possible and then thenon on only In places whore there is little chance of or dust getting Into the this move move- ment A broken watch crystal should bo ho replaced promptly prompt even if the watch h has S a hunting case AVI Iud ml It C Concerning the Importance of wind windIng tho the bureau of oC lug Ing In a watch le regularly standards states Even the delay clay of an hour in the thc Um time of or winding mn may cause CRuse considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able variation variation-In In the rate In some somo In- In stances The winding should not be bedone bedone bedone done Jerkily but bul steadily stead I and not too rapidly and its conclusion should bo approached carefully to avoid ohl Injury to the spring or winding mechanism It Is generally regarded as slightly better botter to wind the watch In the tho mornIn morning morn morn- ing In than at night as os the large variations varia varla- variations o of the balance under the tight spring will perhaps give more uniform re results with tho the movements and Jar of ot the tho watch during the tho da day than if it f tho balance wheel were subjected to the tho lesser tension lon twelve hours after aeter wind wind- ing The Tiro difference ls Ie Is however howa not nol so 80 Important as UH the tho re regular ull r winding of or ortho tho watch and if circumstances aru such uch than ono one Is more mure o apt allt to for forget et etto to wind it In frt the tho morning than In tho the evening the tho latter tints time of winding should be adopted I If one has an nn opportunity to compare compare compare com com- pare his watch daily dally tit ut a certain time with some source o of standard time as with the time limo as H sent out by telegraph or by IW wireless signals or by rc regular ular comparison with t omo some accurate clock as one dally daily pusses a Jewelers Jeweler's store for Instance it It l should hould b be well to es establish CR- CR the habit abit o of winding tho the watch at that time as at It Is better botter to 10 have such dally daily comparisons made al at the tho time the watch 1 Is II wound and more regular regular reg reg- ular winding will usually ensue Pocket Tho Tile pocket In which one carries his watch the size of the pocket and antI the kind of watch chain or fob rob used have hn a n amore amore more important effect on eu the uniformity uniform uniform- It ity of or a n watch's rate ate than IB lit generally realized Tho rho temperature of ot tho the watch in different pockets will vary ary consid considerably arab and the tho amount of motion or jar to which the watch would bo be subjected subjected sub sub- would differ For Instance a watch swatch carried In the tho upper coat pocket would generally be bo at a lower losser temperature tem and antI would woul bo be more frequently disturbed as aR well wen as ns being held In various various various vari vari- ous positions more Irregularly than thun thanIn In other pockets pocket In a a. lar large pocket the swatch Is apt to 10 turn lurn to the right light or left by b various rations amounts giving Ivins Irregular rates unless one adopts some HomO method of oC holding it upright ht Perhaps tho lie b best st method to prevent a u. watch turning in this WB way other than actually pinning It in place Is hI to keep the watch In a n or kid watch bag such as ma may be lIo obtained ob ob- ob- ob lamed from luwI rM In lu p AlpA J to fit ones one's pocket The watch cannot I turn in this if it of ot tho the proper size and tho friction of or the bag baS in tho the pocket prevents it turning Tho rhe bag also protects protects protects pro pro- the watch and keeps it cleaner Core Care nt at Night The care of tho watch at night or when the watch Is not in use it Is desirable to leave the watch In the tho same position as during the day and preferably In some place where It will win I not bo be subject to an any great temperature tempera tempora- ture lure change If It it is desirable to leave lea the watch in a 0 horizontal position during the night for the sake lake of compensating compensating com com- an any considerable gaining or losing of at the tho watch In the tho up pendant position during the day the same precaution pro pre caution to avoid ol marked temperature changes should be observed and tho the regularity with which such a change of position Is carried out ma may be bo as Important as regularity of or winding |