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MINERAL GLASS CRYSTALS 36 pc. Assortment Clear Styrene Storage Box Contains 1 Each of Most Popular Sizes From 19.0 to 32.0 $45.00 72 pc. Assortment Clear Styrene Storage Box Contains 1 Each of Most Popular Available Sizes From 14.0 to 35.0 On All Sizes $90.00 FREE ,_ Special -Oiler With Elt4er A5Sortm,nt UJtraviolefGJQss:Adhesive In Needle P-Omt Tube ' ' ' • • ·- : -- '\. • •!< Perfect fQ~ ~~Glass Ct:ys~ - · ~ fu_~nds in s_w ' ~ u11ravi,olet li~ . S-am~ ~l~ty ?S gia.ss. W & V Crown Assortment Spring Bar Assortment 500 Piece Spring Bar Assortment Crown Assortment Cost You Less Than .1 O Each! for Seiko - Pulsar - Lorus #8501 $44.50 Handy plastic case contains 1O of the most popular numbers used daily - including double flange type used on buckles. Made to fit Seiko, Citizen, Bulova, Pulsar, Lorus and other The most popular crowns both white and yellow are watch cases and bracelets. included in this 24 bottle assortment. There are a total of Ultra thin (1.3mm) 40 crowns. A "must• unit for all stores servicing watches. 100% Stalnless Steel In stock for immediate delivery. Refills available. #PP500 $44.95 Spring Bars by Kreisler 24-HOUR FAX ORDERING 612·452·4298 FREE Information Available *Quartz Movements * Crystals & Fittings * * Resale Merchandise * Findings * Serving The Trade Since 1923 * Stones * Tools & Supplies * VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1992 HOROLOGICAL Official Publication of the American Watchmakers Institute Read About Miniature Alice B. Carpenter 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Enamel Painting Henry B. Fried 4 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS J.G. Tongue Keyless Mechanism 8 Charles Cleves 8 OLD WATCHES Miniature Enamel Painting Archie B. Perkins 10 TECHNICALLY WATCHES Antique Watch Restoration, Part LXXlll For Those Cy Felheimer 16 CLOCKS INSIDE & OUT Pivoting Rest for Clock Pivots Worn Pivot Holes J.P. Kenyon 18 TIMELY TIPS FOR CLOCKMAKERS 10 Stopwork Calculations Marshall F. Richmond 22 PICKLE BARREL Jewelry Crafting & Repair Metal Sizing and Shaping Tools Fred S. Burckhardt 25 ROCK QUARRY Happy New Year! Book Review J.M. Huckabee 26 AS A CLOCKMAKER TURNS Tips on Tool Control Clockmaking Tools and Techniques Wes Door 30 SHOPTALK How to Start & Manage a Business 47 Part 5 Marvin E. Whitney 32 MILITARY TIME The Ship's Chronometer/U.S. Naval Observatory, Part Ill Robert D. Porter 38 WATCHES INSIDE & OUT DEPARTMENTS A Dennison, Howard, and Davis Bulletin Board/20 Frank W. Poye 48 SCHOLASTICALLY SPEAKING Paris Junior College New Members/36 Ask Huck/37 AWi Bench Courses/42 Material Search Network/44 Association News/45 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American Watchmakers Institute, 3700 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211, for$40.00 per year ($4.50 per copy News in the Trade/49 in the United States and $50.00 per year, $5.50 per copy outside the U.S.) Second class postage paid at New Products/51 Cincinnati, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGICAL TIMES, P.O. Box 11011, Classified Ads/52 Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Dates to Remember/56 OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Closed on Advertisers' lndex/56 all national holidays. PHONE (513) 661-3838, AWi HOTLINE: (513) 661-4636 (24-hour recording), FAX (513) 661-3131. * FELLOWS * OF THE AMERICAN WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE George Danlela Gerald G. Jaeger Henry B. Fried Robert A. Nelson EXECUTIVE AND EDrrORIAL OFFICES Joaephlne F. Hagans • Hamllton E. Pease • Orvllle R. Hagans Miiton C. Stevena AWi Central Ewell D. Hartman Marvin E. Whitney P.O. Box 11011 Harold J. Herman •o---i 3700 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45211 Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Fax: (513) 661-3131 President's Message Milton C. Stevens: Editor Regina Stenger: Associate Editor went to have my hair done 1he o1her day. I As I walked in 1he door I was greeted with, Donna Baas: Production Director 'I'll bet SHE can tell us something about 1his!' Harold J. Herman: Senior Technical Editor It seems 1hat a lady present had heard of a store in ano1hertown that had REALLY GOOD prices Margie M. Brater: Circulation Manager on gold jewelry. She had visited and found that they Nancy Wellmann: Business Manager did casting. So, she took some old jewelry she was Mary Sansalone: Seminar Coordinator tired of and had 1hem cast a 3 millimeter wide band. She had 5 peg settings attached (one diamond in the center and two blue sapphires on either side) and also TECHNICAL EDITORS: had a small twisted band attached on either side. In my opinion, it was rather attractive. The James Adams Henry B. Fried problem 1he lady had was two-fold. First, she thought Robert F. Bishop J.M. Huckabee the gold was not the same yellow-gold color as the pieces she gave him to cast She was James H. Broughton John A. Nagle extremely displeased over 1his. Second, the lady said 1he row of peg settings was 'twisted.• I got out my pocket loupe; sure enough, they were installed on a line that wasn't exactly Fred S. Burckhardt Archie B. Perkins straight. One end was slightly off-center. David Christianson Robert D. Porter In questioning her, I discovered that she had given the man several gold pieces Charles Cleves Marshall F. Richmond and she didn't really know how much. Also, she didn't receive any gold back, nor did she Joe Crooks Marvin E. Whitney know how much gold was required to make her ring. It was not discussed that any gold over Wes Door the amount needed would go toward the purchase of the ring. Now she really couldn't know if her newty cast ring was the same color because she didn't have anything to compare it AWi OFFICERS: with. I find I have several problems with this transaction. She probably gave him more gold than was needed. She accepted the ring and wore it several days before she decided Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CMEW: President it wasn't the same color. She also made a statement that he WOULD re-do the ring to her Wes Door, CMW: Rrst Vice President satisfaction because he was obligated to see that 'the customer was satisfied'; if not, she James Adams, CMW: Second Vice President would do what she could to damage his reputation. Fred S. Burckhardt: Secretary When I got home, the phone began to ring. It was a bench jeweler in another part Marvin E. Whitney. CMW, CMC, FAWI: Treasurer of the state. He had a problem he wanted to discuss. He was bothered by the way some bench jewelers were charging for casting jewelry for their customers. Some customers were bringing in gold items, having them weighed, having the finished product weighed, and AW/ DIRECTORS: demanding that the difference in the two be returned to them. The bench jeweler wanted to know if he should charge more to do casting for these customers since he had to return a William Biederman, CMW small quantity of gold; and how would he explain the two prices--one for casting and the James H. Broughton, CMEW other for casting and returning a small amount of gold? Buddy Carpenter, CMC, CMEW Che-e-e-ez! What a can of worms! The first and foremost problem I see is that Henry Frystak, CMW the customer is not informed and, as in the case of 1he lady in the beauty parlor, doesn't Ewell D. Hartman, CMW, FAWI WANTto be informed. Second, the bench jewelers are not taking the time to educate 1heir Gerhard Hutter, CMW customers. 01'/e all know 1hat every time 1he gold is melted, a little of 1he total weight is lost as impurities and alloys are burned out.) Third, many customers have come to believe that Gerald G. Jaeger, CMW, CMEW, FAWI the jeweler is legally bound to cast and re-cast and re-cast again until he has something the Robert L. Macomber, CMC customer likes. I find I have a real problem with this because most of the time the customer Benjamin Matz, CMW is provided with a drawing after he/she explains to the jeweler what is wanted. Also, in the Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CMEW, FAWI case of the lady in the beauty parlor, she accepted the ring and wore it for a week. Acceptance of the item, in my opinion, implies successful completion of that transaction. I foresee trouble ahead in this kind of business transaction! The positions of the Joseph L. Cerullo, CMW, CMC: Affiliate Chapter Director customer and the craftsman are too far apart, with both parties believing they are legally Wit Jarochowski: Research & Education Council Director correct. Robert F. Bishop, CMEW: Immediate Past President Perhaps you have an opinion or have had a similar situation. I'd be interested in hearing from you. Milton C. Stevens, FAWI: Executive Secretary James Lubic: Technical & Educational Services Manager Henry B. Fried, CMW, CMC, FAWI: Technical Director Reprinting and reproduction la prohlbhed whhout written ON THE FRONT permlulon from the American Watchmakera lnatltute. If you look closely, you'll see snow on the Copyright @1992 by the American Watchmakera Institute. ground. Mr. Jack Goldstein of Cranford, New Jersey took this slide in Manahawkin, New Jersey. 2 Horological Times/January 1992 The Ultimate is a major Quartz Watch Analyzer supplier for: Armitron· •Test coils, circuit boards, quartz crystals and much Bes!fit® more! 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