Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — CHEAP WATCHES TRUSTWORTHY [ARTICLE]

CHEAP WATCHES TRUSTWORTHY

How the Weather and Electric LightAffect Fine Time-Keepers. New York Ma'l and Express. It is estimated that in a single night during the recent damp weather 3 000 mainsprings in as many watches in this city alone were broken. The watches themselves were fine, sensitive timepieces, and yet they were affected by the electrical atmospheric disturbance. Speaking of the matter recently with a well-known horolowr, a reporter for the Mail and Express, who is the owner of athree-dollar-and a half nickel watch, was surprised to learn that his timepiece was probably as good a one as though it had cost 100 times as much. Watches, like women,’’said themanufacturer, “have their caprices. -. They are never entirely trustworthy. Especial!) is this true during the months-of June, July and August. In this season there ; are more mainspring-? broken than dur- , ing all the remaining months of the year. They break in a variety of ways, sometimes snapping in a6core of pieces. yip.ce the eiectric light has been so widely used many watches, and suiie ! line ones, have become so magnetized as [tobe useless. The defect seems to be incurable, and because of it many watches have been cast aside. The cheaper grade of watches, however, seem to be proof against electrical influences, and for that reason I always carry one.” . A paper askedt “Is there a wife in in the city to-day who makes her husband’s shirts?” The following answer = . WM ..^i V edky^^ but he won’t wear ’em.