Clocks with Cas-Ker's Low Priced Superb, Quartz Clock Movements!
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CREATE CLOCKS WITH CAS-KER'S LOW PRICED SUPERB, QUARTZ CLOCK MOVEMENTS! THINLINE M88 is smal I and dependable! 2·3/16 in. SQi.Jare x 51 B M82 & M89 in, thick Center post diameter only 5116 in The works can be enclosed within a case less than 3 /4 1n thick Shon, medium. long center posts available for dials from 3/32 1n thick to 11 / 16 in thick Accurate to within ±10 seconds per month Quartz 1-2@$8 .00 ea, Pendulum 3-9@$6.50 ea, 10-24@$5.00 ea. Movements 25$4.SO* Both Movements @ each Feature: *Quartz Accuracy *Free Swinging Pendulum M90 QUARTZ M81A Which Does Not Affect Timekeeping The Power House Movement! I High torque provides surplus CHIME *Long & Short Center of power for large wall clocks. Post Sizes Movements;ze2-13/16x2-7/16il x 1-1/16". Short and long 4 1 • MOVEMENT center posts. , · M82 Quartz accuracy. Plays two melodies (West· minster or Weddington). Volume control. 1-2@$9 00 ea 1-2 @$15.00 ee. 3-9 @$12.00 ••. Night-time silence switch. Size 4-Y:ix1·1/8 3-9@$7 .50 ea. 10-24@ $11.00 ••. inches. Runs on "0" cell battery. Move· 10-24@$5.75 ea. - ment mounted by center post: speaker 25@$5.25 ea. \! ·: by bracket which is included. 1-2@ $35.00 ••. 10-24@ $26.50 ••• 25@ $525* 25@$9 75* 3·9@ $31 .50 ea. • each • ea. * 1 - 25@$ 25.~~ch M81-Approximately same size M89-Choice of 5 brass finish as MB1 A. Step second hand. pendulums in lengths from B" Runs over two years on a stand· to 15%". (See catalog for de M83-Bim Be.m strike counts the houn, ard "C" Cell. •trikes the halt-hours. Silent On/Oft tails). If no length is specified, Switch controls strike. Center post fix .. we will ship 12" pendulums. ation to dial. 8-'.4"x5-5/8"x2-l.4". Free 25@ swin&in& pendulum may be added for ap~ 1-2 @$9.00 ea. 25@ $8.25 each pcarance purposes only. 3-9 @$7.50 ea. $475* 1-2@ •27.50 ••. 10-24 @ •22.00 ••. 1 0-24 @$5 .00 ea. each 1-2 @ $13. 75ea. 3-9 @ $11.00 ea. 3-9 @ .24.50 ••. 10-24@ $9.75 ea. 25@ .20.50 ••. NUMERALS & TIDE CLOCK I! ~ -' '~ ....n :. • MARKERS ..., , . ... .... \ . -- M85 TIDE MOVEMENT • Quartz Accuracy 8500 TIDE DIAL 8 3/8" Outside Dimension- • Operational Range 14° - 122° F. White enamel baked on masonite. Inner ring and the words "Tide Clock" and "Quartz" •Size: 2 13/16" x 2 7/16" x 1 1/16" are red, the numerals and tide stages are black. Shown with hand which comes with the M85 • Uses Standard "C" Cell movement. Note the longer interval preceding the 5 1h hour mark; it accounts for the differ • Special Hand Included ence between tide cycles and a 24 hour cycle. 1" only The tide clock operates on moon time, 24 hours and 50 minutes per day. The cycle of the Gold Old English tide clock is 12 hours and 25 minutes, not 12 hours as in sun time. It tells at a glance the one set per sprue. cunent tide level and the time interval remaining to the next high or low tide. Essential to sailboaters, tide clocks are very useful to fishermen, clammers, beachcombers, surfers, and swilnmers. Prices per Sprue 3/8-3/4" l " 1·9 •i.oo u .25 10-49 .95 Quantity Quantity Price Each 1 .10 8500 Price Each M85 50 .85 .90 1 to 9 $5.50 1 or 2 $15.00 500 .65 .70 10 to 24 $5.00 3 to 9 $12.50 DIALS 25 $4.50 (Movements 10 to 24 $10.00 We Wo feature Arabic, Roman, Hebrew, (only) onl ) 25 $9.00 ~,rt~~~ an~~in;.r~. Alao, • lar1e 1election New Catalog 183 shows quartz, pendulum & strike move Prices include hands, nuts and hangers. Add 25 cents for sec ments, hands, dials, numerals, etc. Cost $1.50 per copy or ond hands. Add $2.00 per order for shipping to 48 states. FREE WITH ORDER I P.O. BOX 234 7, DRAWER A CINCINNATI, OHIO 45201 Cas-~&rr Co. TEL: (513) 241-7075 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3 MARCH 1983 Is It or ® Isn't It? H ROLOGICAL 8 Official Publication of the American Watchmakers Institute MARSHALL F. RICHMOND THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 4 Membership Packet The Bro cot SEAN C.MONK ESSENCE OF CLOCK REPAIR 6 The Eureka Clock, Part II Escapement (Maintenance, Further Observations) HENRY B. FRIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 8 Is it a Watch? 16 ARCHIE B. PERKINS TECHNICALLY WATCHES 10 How to Use the Modem Watchmaker's Lathe, Part VII MARSHALL F. RICHMOND PICKLE BARREL 14 Repairing Watch Dials ORVILLE R. HAGANS 16 IN THE SPOTLIGHT Want to End The Brocot Escapement (Part I) WES DOOR SHOPTALK Motor Barrel 18 Battery Replacements (Part II) ROBERTSENER SCHOLASTICALLY SPEAKING Problems? 20 A Real Sense ofAccomplishment FRED S. BURCKHARDT 22 THE ROCK QUARRY 32 What are Friends For? MIL TON C. STEVENS 36 AWi NEWS Executive Committee Meeting Highlights DEPARTMENTS ROBERT ALLIS 40 AFFILIATE CHAPTER COLUMN Start Planning For June Meeting Readers Write/ 5 New Members/31 Bench Tips/32 A WI Bench Courses/38 Association News/40 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American News in the Trade/42 Watchmakers Institute, 3700 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Subscription, $35.00 per year, New Products and Literature/44 $4.50 per copy in the United States and $45.00 per year, $5.50 per copy outside the United States. Second class postage paid at Cincinnati, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGICAL Classified Ads/46 TIMES, P.O. Box 11011, Cincinnati, OH 45211. Advertisers Index/48 Dates to Remember/48 FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE Hamilton E. Pease Marvin E. Whitney Orville R. Haaans Josephine F. Ha&an! Executive and Editorial Offices AWi Central P.O. Box 11011 3 700 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 Editorial Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Harold J. Herman:. Editor Maury Norrell: Man_aging Editor/Advertising Donna Baas: Production Director Regina Stenger: Art Director A simple bench tip is often the most valuable acquisition the Sue Scott: Business Manager watchmaker gains from association with his peers, directly or Mildred Howard: Circulation Manager indirectly. It matters not whether he gains this tip from read Margie M. Brater: Circulation ing trade magazines, periodicals, technical bulletins, attending seminars, or classes of instruction, or simply conversing with Technical Editors: someone at a meeting. The important thing is that a "tip" David G. Arnold Gerald G. Jaeger has been passed along and the recipient and the entire industry Otto Benesh Sean C. Monk is better off for it. James H. Broughton Robert A. Nelson Fred S. Burckhardt Archie B. Perkins Bench tips per se are often treated as "fill ins" in magazines, Steven G. Conover Marshall F. Richmond Joe Crooks Joseph R ugole lectures, and class instruction. It should be different! Tips Paul Fisk Leslie L. Smith should be presented in bold type headlines or strongly empha Henry B. Fried William 0. Smith, Jr. sized by lecturers. For isn't that what it is all about? Orville R. Hagans James L. Tigner Ewell D. Hartman Marvin E. Whitney When all the reams of written articles and all the oratory of A WI Officers: lectures are sifted for content worth committing to memory, 'Bench Tips' are among the most valuable nuggets of knowledge Marshall F. Richmond, CMW: President retrieved. Each and every one of you have a special tip. Send Joseph G. Baier, Ph.D., CMW, CMC: 1st V.P. Otto Benesh, CMC: 2nd V. P. it to Joe Crooks c/o Horological Times. James H. Broughton, CEWS: Secretary Marvin E. Whitney, CMW, CMC, FAWI: Treas. Walter Hanson Executive Secretary A WI Directors North Carolina Watchmakers Assn. William Biederman, CMW Robert Bishop Fred S. Burckhardt Jay M. Foreman, Jr. Orville R. Hagans, CMW, CMC, FAWI Ewell D. Hartman, CMW Gerald G. Jaeger, CMW, CEWS Sean C. Monk, CMW Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CEWS Howard Opp, CEWS Robert Allis, CEWS: Affiliate Chapter Director On the Front Robert J. Sener, CMW: Research and Education Council Chairman Yellow blossoms line the banks of a gently Milton C. Stevens: Executive Secretary flowing stream. The budding branches promise Michael P. Danner: Administrative Director to burst open at any moment and confirm that "Spring is here!" Reprinting and reproduction is prohibited without permission from the American Watchmakers Institute. Coypright ©1983 by the American Watchmakers Institute. 2 Horological Times/March 1983 FULL SERVICE WHOLESALER OUR CRYSTAL DEPARTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL TO HANDLE ALL YOUR WATCH CRYSTAL NEEDS FROM FITTING TO REFILLS. 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