Millard County Chronicle | 1912-08-22 | Page 8 | Work That a Watch Does

WORK THAT A WATCH DOES Read These Figures, and You Won't Wonder That the Mechanism Gives Out It la a matter of everyday occurrence occur-rence for a person to say to bis watchmaker: watch-maker: "Here Is a watch which you sold me some ten yesra ago. It has always al-ways gone well till Just lately, when It has taken to stopping without any apparent ap-parent cause." The people who speak In this way little think of the amount of work a watch baa performed In this space of time and might be astonished at the following; figures: In ten years, which includes two leap years, and consequently a total of 3,6.12 days, the hour hand has made 7.304 and the minute hand 87.618 revolutions. rev-olutions. The end of an average minute min-ute hand travels more than 10,820 yards more than six miles. The second sec-ond band has made S.25K.&80 revolutions, revolu-tions, and Its extremity has traversed on the dial a distance of upwards of 123 miles. The escape wheel has made 52,588.800 revolutions, and as it has 15 teeth, It ltd come 788.832,000 times In contact with each pallet. The balance bal-ance has made 1,577,644,000 vibrations, vibra-tions, and any point on the outside of the rim has covered a distance of about 50,000 miles, and U equal to twice the circumference of the earth. Answers.