Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — Parts of a Watch. [ARTICLE]

Parts of a Watch.

The average watch is composed o© 175 different pieces, comprising upwards of 2,400 separate and distinct operations in its manufacture. Tlms balance makes 18,000 beats or vibrsr tions per hour, 12,900,080 i« thirtyi days, 157,080,000 in one year. It trav-* els 8,558 8-4 miles in one year.