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BISHOP 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE JOE CROOKS BENCH TIPS 6 Save That Pendulum HENRY B. FRIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 8 Not a Genuine Breguet J.L. ASBROCK WATCHES INSIDE & OUT 14 Truing the Bi-Metal Balance Wheel WES DOOR SHOPTALK 18 Quartz Movement Interchangeability Chart Part3 A A.G. SIMON CLOCKS INSIDE & OUT .,__c__ j B 20 Disassembly and Examination of the Clock Movement I FRED S. BURCKHARDT ROCK QUARRY 24 Fond Memories of Christmas ~ JOHN A. NAGLE HODGE PODGE LODGE 26 X-tra, X-tra, Read All About It! 30 ARCHIE B. PERKINS TECHNICALLY WATCHES Antique Watch Restoration, Part XXXV/11 30 The Characteristics of Faulty Depths in Gear Trains JAMES ADAMS NOVICE WATCHMAKER TRADE WORK 34 Oil and Lubrication, Part 2 MARSHALL F. RICHMOND PICKLE BARREL TIPS 36 Remounting Rings LEO A. JAROS LAW CLOCK TROUBLESHOOTING 40 A Diagnostic Systems Approach, Part Five 38 HENRY B. FRIED BOOK REVIEWS 42 European Pendulum Clocks American Wristwatches DEPARTMENTS THOMAS H. WHITE AFFILIATE CHAPTER COLUMN Almost Time Again Forum/10 45 Bulletin Board/12 New Members/23 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American Association News/46 Watchmakers Institute, 3700 Harrrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211, for $40.00 per year ($4.50 New Products/News in the Trade/47 per copy in the United States and $50.00 per year; $5.50 per copy outside the U.S.). Second class Classified Ads/49 postage paid at Cincinnati, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGICAL TIMES, P.O. Box 11011, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Dates to Remember/52 Advertisers' I ndex/52 OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Closed on all national holidays. AWi HOTLINE: (513) 661-4636 (24 hours, recording). George Daniels OHOROLOGICALNTM Henry B. Fried * FELLOWS * Josephine F. Hagans OF THE AMERICAN Orville R. Hagans u Dc=JC3DB Robert A. Nelson WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE Hamilton E. Pease EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL OFFICES Milton C. Stevens AWi Central Marvin E. Whitney P.O. Box 11011 3700 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Milton C. Stevens: Interim Editor Michael P. Danner: Interim Editor Regina Stenger: Associate Editor Harold J. Herman: Senior Technical Editor Donna Baas: Production Director his is a tale of two watchmakers, who Nancy Wellmann: Business Manager shall remain anonymous, that illus­ Margie M. Brater: Circulation Manager Ttrates a part of our field that is re- gretable and presents a challenge to A WI in our Mildred Howard: Circulation attempts to upgrade the professional level of our members. TECHNICAL EDITORS: Last summer a retired watchmaker friend of mine, with no quartz training, asked James Adams Wes Door me to service an analog quartz. My encounter Robert F. Bishop Henry B. Fried with bypass surgery caused him to give it to a trade watchmaker who repaired James H. Broughton Ewell D. Hartman quartz on a regular basis. Three months later I received the watch, still not Fred S. Burckhardt Robert A. Nelson running properly. I found the problem in less than five minutes. Without Edgar "Nick" Cleves Archie B. Perkins being too technical, the combination of endshakes and the fact that quartz Steven G. Conover Marshall F. Richmond watches have no constant power to the train caused the sweep hand to Joe Crooks Marvin E. Whitney contact the minute hand under certain conditions. Easily corrected, but why was that not part of the routine troubleshooting by the previous watch­ maker? AW/ OFFICERS: The second tale involved a phone call from the son of a family friend. It seems that his Seiko 7 A28 analog chronograph would not reset to Robert F. Bishop, CEWS: President zero. A watchmaker in California had held it for nearly three months and, Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CEWS: 1st V. President quoting him, "I even used a microscope, but cannot find the problem." The Wes Door, CMW: Secretary ·'problem" was solved over the phone. That "watchmaker" did not know Marvin E. Whitney, CMW, CMC, FAWI: Treasurer how to reset the chronograph memory after replacing the cell, or using the counter. The owner was partially at fault for not reading the instruction AW/ DIRECTORS: book that came with the watch. Neither of the watchmakers were members of A WI, but it is obvious that they should be. Perhaps too many of us view the quartz watch as a James Adams, CMW highly complicated electronic marvel (which it is), and tend to view every James H. Broughton, CEWS problem as electronic while ignoring the simple things, such as hand clearance Buddy Carpenter, CMC, CEWS and getting proper knowledge of the features of the unfamiliar calibre. The Henry Frystak, CMW analog quartz is a mechanical watch, with a different source of power and Ewell D. Hartman, CMW time standard. It is still subject to the same mechanical malfunctions as the Donald R. Loke mainspring powered movement, only more so because of the low power Ben Matz, CMW involved. Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CEWS, FAWI The obvious is sometimes the hardest to see. But if we understand Marshall F. Richmond, CMW that almost all problems have a detectable cause, and that the solution requires detective work, common sense, and a little patience, we should keep the problem watches to the minimum. Thomas H. White: Affiliate Chapter Director Dwight Tubb: Research and Education Council Director William Biederman, CMW: Past President Milton C. Stevens, FAWI: Executive Secretary Michael P. Danner: Administrative Director ON THE FRONT: The aftermath of a crispy, cold freezing rain. Photographed Reprinting and reproduction is prohibited without per­ at Winton Woods Park, north of Cincinnati, Ohio. mission from the American Watchmakers Institute. Copy right©1989 by the American Watchmakers Institute. 2 Horological Times/February 1989 •t (l CLEAN UP WITH THIS OFFER FROMM ELL. When you buy one hundred Maxell button batteries, we'll give you this mini-vacuum cleaner. Absolutely free. The two-way vacuum cleaner cleans up dust from your delicate merchandise. While Maxell batteries clean up at your cash register. See your AA batteries for vacuum participating Maxell battery distributor for details. operation not included. Offer expires April 30, 1989. Maxell Corporation of America, 22-08 Route 208, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. Call 800-533-2836 (in NJ: 201-794-5930). ORVILLE R. HAGANS (August 10, 1897 - December 31, 1988) A TRIBUTE by Henry B. Fried very segment of our industry in this country has pro­ duced men of visionary brilliance. However, in the 1twilight of America's horological productive suprem- acy, there rose one man whose main goal, spirit, and inspira­ tional theme was the betterment and advancement of his fellow craftsman-the watch repairman. In this country, then, with well over a hundred million American-made and countless imported watches in use, the repairer plodded as an isolated individual, without recognition or meaningful representation. True, there were small, scattered localized guilds and one national horological institute, prestigi­ ous but with its one thousand or so members, hardly repre­ sentative of the other 34 thousand watchmakers throughout the country. Orville R. Hagans, whose apprenticeship started His love for his fellow craftsman was returned with honors when he had not reached his teens, had an abiding love for all by appreciative local, state, and national associations in this matters horological: clocks, watches, their history, construc­ industry. His influence was felt abroad where from honors tion, and design, literature, and mainly for those who made also flowed. Reaching well beyond the biblical three-score and their living repairing timepieces. ten, one would imagine that Mr. Hagans would have justifiably Mr. Hagans' own history reveals a multifaceted career rested on his many laurels. and talents, with background as a musician, military bandleader Later, this tireless energetic initiator was elected to in WWI, educator, editor, publisher, author, museum curator, the highest office of American horology, that of president of entrepreneur, and horological gospelist. He was successful in the American Watchmakers Institute, in his 82nd year. Al­ each. Reviewing all these activities, one is startled that so though his election was by unanimous vote, this was not a much could be packed into a lifetime however long. token honored office, as he immediately instituted new drives, Despite his successes in many monetarily rewarding goals, actions, and programs.
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