Pointers for Watchmakers and Repairers (Reprint)

I Pointers E for E watchmakm and E ’i L‐fi‐J Repairers. I The New England . . . Watch Company . . . SUCCEEDS . . . The Waterbury . . . . . . Watch Company July 1st, 1898. The Waterbury Watch Co. a. Factories : WATERBURY, CONN. & Offices : NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO. LONDON, ENGLAND. LIVERPOOL. N Foreign : TORONTO. CANADA. SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. cmcmo. INTRODUCTION. E commend to the attention of watchmakers and repairers the points herein contained for repairing our watches, believing that with a careful reading and attention to the same, any repairer will soon become proficient in handling the Duplex Escapement,’ and w i l l substantiate the claim that o u r watches are the simplest and easiest to repair of any watch made. The beat set and impulse mover‐two small tools that are great aids in adjust‐ ing the escapement‐will be sent to any one desiring them, asshown on page 15. They are simple tools, but very effective for quick work. Our material catalogue will besent to any one in the trade on application. THE WATERBURY WATCH co. Waterbury, Conn. «lawmakers‐ The success of our Watches is due: First, to simplicity of construction, that lessens the liability to get out of order. Second, to the use of the Duplex Escapement as improved and made me‐ chanlcally perfect by our method of per‐ fectmg tools. The reasbns why the Duplex Escapement was n o t a success when attempted by the Swiss people do not hold good to-day. When this es‐ capement was made by hand labor, it was pronounced atfailure and discarded, not on account of the principle, but on » account of the expense and the very del‐ icate and, high-grade hand work neces‐ sary, making it too costly for practical use. Machinery and improved tool making have altered all this. The escapement is a now made perfect. The material is all interchangeable. Quickening of the train, changing weight of balance, and a careful study of every phase of this es‐ capement have produced low-priced ac‐ curate time-keeping watches. There is no longer danger of overbanking, setting or locking of escapement. It is n o t affect‐ ed by magnetism. It is the simplest escapement made, and a remarkable thing with the Duplex over any other escape‐ m e n t is the fact that a compensation balance and isochronal balance or hair‐ spring is n o t essential, for a natural com‐ pensation exists between the several func‐ tions that cannot be aided by either. It. has natural advantages that no other es‐ capement possesses, and made mechanic‐ ally perfect, it cannot be equaled. No watch made can be repaired with the ease and facility of o u r watches. Use only our material. Don’t accept any false material on the plea that it is cheaper. It will give you trouble, and the watch will never show the proper results. Our material can be found at all first‐ class material houses, or can be purchased direct. The reduced prices on our m a ‐ terial allow for single pieces or quantity 4 price. If material is broken or bent, don’twastetimetryingtorepairit. Send series letter ofwatch‐it'is onthe top plate‐and order by number asshown in catalogue. It requires no hand work on your part, it will fit perfectly. Repairs will net you agood profit, and no watch can be repaired with less work than our watches. Our enormous output is in‐ creasing each year, and the popularityof o u r goods makes it incumbent on eyery watchmaker to be up-to-date and under‐ stand the principle of the Duplex Escape‐ ment. They are being cased in the finest solid gold cases made in this country, because we make the smallest and thin‐ nest movements. The same mechanical construction and principle you will find embodied in the various sizes. A Few Hints for Inspecting and Repairing Waterbury Watches: To repair the watch properly it should be thoroughly examined and adjusted from hair-spring to main-spring, n o t for‐ getting the hands and dial train, also winding and working parts of the case. First, locate defects or cause of stop‐ ping by tracing loss of power, beginning 5 at hands, then escapement, and back toward barrel until found. Never attempt to wind or start a watch running, before trouble is located. Note that crystal is not so low as to touch cannon pinion. Note that hands are free. Try end shake on cannon pinion and hour wheel. HAIR-SPRING. Next inspect hair-spring. See‘ that it is not bent; is free from rust and oil; is flat, centered and leveled ; outer coil vi‐ brates between the regular pins and does not strike stud. Seethathair-springcolletisnot loose in stafl'. i To' separate balance and hair-spring from plate, do n o t unpin spring fromstud, thereby destroying the timing and beat, simply push the stud out from opposite side. of plate, or use plyers and lift stud from plate. BALANCE WHEEL. See that balance is true; arms and rim do not strike stud, regulator pin or escape bridge. 6 BALANCE STAFF. See that staff has sufficient, and n o t t o o much, end shake, by adjusting lower end stone screw under dial. ' See that slot in staff is n o t badly worn' and isfree from dirt. MPULS‘E FINGER (or Pin). See that impulse finger is smooth and polished on locking surface. See that impulse finger (or pin) does. n o t strike long teeth. ESCAPE WHEEL. See‘xthat escape wheel is not bent, and that all long teeth run in‘center of slot in stafl'. All short teeth must bealikeandstrike impulse finger (or pin) the same. If escape wheel pivot-holes are badly worn, causing too much side shake, either bush or close with hollow punch. If teeth are badly worn, bent or defect‐ ive, do not attempt to repair them. A new wheel is invariably the best. / See that escape wheel has enough, and n o t t o o much, end shake. See that escape teeth do n o t strike the bridge. 7 See that escape teeth do n o t strike fourth wheel pinion. TRAIN WHEELS AND PINIONS. See that train runs free; look {or chip or dirt in wheel teeth and pinion leaves. ' See that wheels are true and teeth are not bent or broken. See that pinions are free and have end shake, and pivots are (not badly worn or bent. Bush or close pivot-holes if too large. See that second wheel does not rub on barrel or top plate. BARREL AND MAIN-SPRING. See that barrel does not rub in the re‐ cess of bottom plate. See that barrel teeth are not bent and are free from chips or dirt. See that barrel is free on arbor. See that barrel cap is in place and time wheel fastened on cap has strong and equal friction. Always take out, clean and oil main‐ syringe. See that main-spring has good strength and does n o t bind or rub on barrel cap. 8 DIAL. To remove dial, use screw-driver and lift dial from friction posts. It is not necessary to take off hands, hour wheel or cannon pinion when removing the dial from movement. DIAL TRAIN. See that dial train is free and that no oil is left on minute or intermediate wheel. See that setting wheel is free between the plates. JEWELS. Examine hole jewels and balance end stones. (Lower balance end stone is set in screw from opposite side of plate, and used to adjust the end shake of balance staff.) Unscrew,examine, cleanand oil. Most Waterbury jewels are held in the plates by being made in taper settings and friction tight. To remove, use peg‐ wood or jewel extracting tool from small ‘end of setting. To extract broken end stone from top plate of series “ I , ” push screw-driver, tweezers or sharp tool through top of jewel, get instrument under edge of set‐ ting and l i f t same from plate. 9 CLEAN, OIL AND ASSEMBLE. Clean all parts of watch thoroughly with benzine, alcohol, chalk or other, preparations, and assemble. ' Oil main-springs, pivot-holes, balance end stones and slot in balance stafl';; but do not oil impulse fingenor pin. Use good quality of oil, a small quan‐ tity in'right place is sufficient. To easily assemble our single top plate movements where ratchet‘wheeland click are underneath plate‐put ratchet wheel on barrel arbor square, insert small pillar screw or pin in hole above click, force same through and allow it to hold click back Until wheels, pivots, etc., are in their proper position. T0 ADJUST THE ESCAPEMENT OF WATERBURY WATCHES. See that the escapement is in beat, and that the drop or lockings of long teeth on staff and short teeth on impulse finger (or pin) are safe. TO PUT THE ESCAPEMENT lN BEAT. Have the slot in balance staff facing in a direct line with escape wheel pinions when the balance is free and at rest. 10 TO CHANGE THEBEAT. It is not necessary to take the move‐ ment apart. Simply insert a small tool (screw-driver shape, Fig. 3) into slot of hair-spring collet, and turn collet on staff in either direction until slot in staff is in direct line with escape wheel pinion. T0 ADJUST THE DROP _ OR IMPULSE. See that the upright teeth have from four to ten degrees of locking. If more or less drop than required, use tool (Fig. 4)‘ to move impulse finger on staff in either direction asdesired. When impulse pin takes place of finger, and it is necessary to change angle or locking or drop‐take balance out and turn same onstaffasrequired. See that impulse pin or finger does not strike long escape tooth. The short or impulse tooth imparts the great lift. The long or rest tooth» imparts the small lift. To Test the Depthing and Proper Action of Escapement.. Turn balance backward and forward, looking at points described, asfollows‐ 11 Viz: Whenuprighttoothescapesfrom impulse finger, the n e x t long tooth should jump to side of staff where it rests until the balance returns and allows long tooth to drop in slot. The balance n e x t returns, allowing the long tooth to escape from slot, and the following upright tooth should jump to lockingfaceofimpulsefinger. Continue this operation until all teeth have passed their respective points of contact. See that impulse finger, after having allowed short tooth to escape, does not strike same on its return. If impulse is found too long, and strikes, use oil stone and shorten. If thelongescapeteetharefcnindtobe either shallow or deep,(short or long), do not attempt to lengthen or shorten. This is a rare occurrence, and should be replaced with a new wheel. CAUTION. Never use imitation or other than gen‐ uine“ Waterbury material, particularly jewels, hair-springs, and main-springs, which are most vital points in our watches. Substitution means failure on the part of repairer to get proper results. 12 PRICES ON WATERBURY MATERIAL. Waterbury material has been reduced in price, and is now so low that it does not profit any watchmaker to experiment or substitute improper material. See that your material jobber supplies you with genuine Waterbury Material put up in our trade-marked wrappers, or write us direct. By following the above suggestions, you will n o t only be successful but will find the Waterbury watches the most sim‐ ple, easy and profitable to repair. THE WATERBURY WATCH Co. 18 i Duplex Escapement. Flgs. l and 2. A ‐ L o n g or RestJTooth. B‐Roller or Slot Section of Staff. C‐Short or Impulse Tooth. D‐Balance Staff. E‐Ympulse Finger. Beat Set. Flg. 3. This.is used to change the beat of watch. Insert point into slot of hair-spring collet, and t u r n same until slot in staff is on direct line with the escape wheel pinion. Impulse Mover. Fig. 4. This is used to change angle or length of drop from point of upright tooth to point of Impulse finger. Insert point of tool to cover Impulse finger, and t u r n same either direction to give more or less drop as desired. 15 THE ELFIN. 10 Line. The smallest watch madein the United Staten. THE (BI-“191111. 15 Line. f'“\ The popular low-price Ladies’ Watch. 16 REPRODUCED JUNE 1975 By ALDO M. PULITO NAWCC #13673 502 Ferry Road Orange, Conn. 06477