LED Light/Lithium Kit Special Combination Kit Includes 25 Lithium Batteries and 10 LCD Lights!
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LED Light/Lithium Kit Special combination kit includes 25 lithium batteries and 10 LCD lights! #110.025 (Reg. Price $49.95) This new counter display offers the best-selling lithium batteries- CR1216, CR1616, CR2016, CR2025, CR2032- popular in watches as well as remote controls for car starters, locks, alarms, pocket computers and other electronic devices. Also featured on the display are new ultrabright, long lasting LED pocket flashlights. The light is powered by Renata's lithium batteries which burn for 10 LED LIGHTS non-stop hours. The LED's last for 100,000 hours and can be seen from Lights can be up to a mile away. Each light is blister purchased separately carded and available in five colors: Everyone loves these Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and White. and they make great gifts. SPECIAL PRICE Order Renata's specially priced assortment of "200" popular batteries #110.006 for only $67 .95 and receive Renata's Watch Battery Size Selector, Plastic Tweezers and Cross Reference Guide FREE. Buy now and also receive a $6795 FREE Swiss Quality pocket knife with a special watch case opening blade. .--------------------------------------------------,(Reg. Price :ill>.!: llrr ~ llrr llrr J:l'ps. llrr r= llrr 315 5 341 5 371 5 384 5 =396 5 317 5 362 15 373 5 392 5 397 15 319 5 364 40 377 30 394 5 399 5 321 5 370 5 379 15 395 20 Restock your watch batt'Ffl ~s FAST & Save Money! Pocket Knife The "American Horologist" A Limited Edition Collector Medallion The First Ever Collector Medallion (Reg. Price $19.95) Honoring the American Horologist. Watchmakers, jewelers and collectors alike will treasure these beautiful One Troy Ounce .999 Fine Silver "Proof-Like" Medallions. If you would like to order one or more of these limited mintage Medallions, the investment is only $19.95 each. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the AWl Scholarship Fund. ~ , E.s.s}in0er & CO 1165 Medallion Drive· saint Paul: MN 55120 "' W>- ll 1Ej • 80 Years Young-And Growmg phone orders: 1-800-328-0205 • fax orders (24 hrs): 1-800 -548-9304 VOLUME 27 HoROLOGICAL,. NUMBER 11 TIMES CONTENT NOVEMBER 2003 An Official Publication of the American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute FEATURE ARTICLES EDITORIAL & EXECUTIVE OFFICES The North Seattle Community College WOSTEP Program, 6 AWl, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030 By Chip Lim Phone: Toll Free 1-866-367-2924 or (513) 367-9800 Fax: (513) 367-1414 The Levers of American Striking Movements, Part 10 12 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.awi-net.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00AM to 5:00 PM (EST) By David J. LaBounty Closed National Holidays Screw Slot Dresser, By Jason Bird 20 Donna K. Baas: Managing Editor, Advertising Manager Lexicon of Watchmaker Terminology, By John Crabtree Katherine J. Ortt: Associate Editor, Layout/Design Associate 24 James E. Lubic, CMW: Executive Director & Divide and Conquer, By Laurie Penman 32 Education & Technical Director Lucy Fuleki: Assistant Executive Director Thomas J. Pack, CPA: Finance Director COLUMNS Laurie Penman: Clock Instructor Nancy L. Wellmann: Education Coordinator The Modern German Clock Movement, By Mark Butterworth 18 Sharon McManus: Membership Coordinator Part 39, Just the FAQ's Ma'am Mary Huff: Shipping Coordinator Heather Kyde: Receptionist/Secretary As A Clockmaker Turns, By J. M. Huckabee 28 Steve Jones: Audiovisual Manager Gary Richards: AWl-ELM Trust Development Director The Clockmaker and His Lathe, Part 5 HOROLOGICAL TIMES ADVISORY COMMITIEE James Sadilek: Chairman Lloyd Lehn, CC DEPARTMENTS Chip Lim, CMW, CMC, CMEW President's Message, By Jack Kurdzionak 2 Robert D. Porter, CMW Frank Poye, CW Executive Director's Message, By James E. Lubic 2 AWl OFFICERS Questions & Answers, By David A. Christianson 4 Jack Kurdzionak, CW: President Jim Door: First Vice President From the Workshop, By Jack Kurdzionak 34 Frank Poye, CW: Second Vice President Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CMEW: Secretary Bulletin Board 37 Mark Butterworth: Treasurer Member Benefit Spotlight, By Lucy Fuleki 38 AWl DIRECTORS AWl-ELM Trust Update, By Gary Richards Henry Frystak, CMW 40 Robert D. Porter, CMW Industry News 42 James Sadilek Dennis Warner Classified Advertising 44 Manuel Jean Yazijian James K. Zimmerman, CMW, CMC, CMEW Advertisers' Index 48 Glenn D. Gardner: Affiliate Chapter Director AWl Employee Directory Joseph Juaire: Research & Education Council Director 48 Tony Riggio, CMW: Industry Advisory Board Director IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Robert D. Porter, CMW EDUCATION AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair FELLOW· American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute 43 Robert F. Bishop ·Harold J. Herman James H. Broughton J.M. Huckabee Fred S. Burckhardt Gerald G. Jaeger SPECIAL INTEREST David A. Christianson Benjamin Matz George Daniels Robert A. Nelson AWl-ELM Trust Battery Recycling Program Discontinued 17 Wes Door ·Hamilton E. Pease ·Henry B. Fried Archie B. Perkins Seeking Candidates for the AWl Board of Directors 27 Josephine F. Hagans William 0. Smith, Jr. ·Orville R. Hagans Milton C. Stevens AWl Health & Benefit Solution Program 36 Ewell D. Hartman ·Marvin E. Whitney 'Deceased AWl Logo Merchandise 41 Reprinling and reprOO.iction is prolibited without written permission from the Ameri can Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute. Copyright @2003 by the American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute. HCV'nOGICAL TIMES (ISSNO t45-95461 !s ~ rrati,' am~ 17)' lhe America:= ~. 701 Ennl!prise Dril'n.lfan'Ooo. OH 45000-1696. Sub-- ~ 1or toe pj)llcsS74.oo per)'!llf(S6..50 per rorm.MrJnbas ~ 1s s:noo . is OiJded IIWialnJal <i.lesd $74.00. f'eriociCalS poslage paid at Harrison. COVER OH 450:30 and addiliooal entries. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGI· CAL T1MES, 701 Enterprise Drive. Harrison, OH 45030-1696. This month's cover features North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA President's Message Jack Kurdzionak, CW During a recent visit to my neighborhood hardware store to buy a few feet of stovepipe, I spoke with one of its owners. After we exchanged pleasantries, the conversation quickly moved to the question, "How are things in the watch and clock business?" I told him that conditions in our business were probably better than those in the hardware business. Our business, sales and service of quality watches and clocks, has not yet become a target of mega sized retailers and category killers. That is not to say we have not faced some difficult challenges. We struggled in the past to accommo date massive changes in our industry, but we have survived and prospered. There were times in the 1970s that watch and clock makers were told, "Retrain now for a new career. The electronic timepiece will never need repair. All watches and clocks will be disposable." Many did leave the profession while others retired, and not too many people chose horology as a career. The future just didn't look too bright. Those dark days are in the past. The supply of qualified horologists cannot meet the demand and quality timepieces are selling well. Yes, the mega stores sell low cost timepieces by the hundred millions, but we have shifted our focus away from these, which cannot be profitably repaired, to focus on higher quality products which we can proudly sell and repair. Hardware store owners, who are going to survive, are now adapting to the current business environment. The local store owner explained that he and his partners, his father and brother, had recently made changes in their family owned and operated business to survive the onslaught of two major hardware chains and a mega retailer, all recently opening within a few miles of their neighborhood hardware store. They are now selling several lines of quality power tools not available in the major chain stores. In addition, they have opened a workshop in the back of the store to service the power tools they sell. They still sell the usual items found in hardware stores, but they are also offering what their competitors cannot. That is SERVICE. Horologists survive by providing high quality service and not trying to compete with the big stores. Other small businesses are learning what we learned a few decades ago. Is this survival instinct in the horologist's personality? I can't say, but I can tell you that the father in this hardware store business studied watch repair and worked in his family's jewelry store briefly after World War II. He believed there was no future in jewelry; hence he opened a hardware store. Executive Director's Message James E. Lubic, CMW The AWI ELM -Charitable Trust needs your support. I'm sure you have seen the messages in recent issues oftheHTfrom the Trust's Director of Development, Gary Richards. Gary is the sole employee of the Trust. His responsibilities are fund raising, grant writing and general public rela tions as it pertains to the Education, Library, and Museum (ELM) Charitable Trust. Gary's position is very important to the future success of not only the ELM Trust, but also to the AWI. When Gary gives a tour of our museum, writes a grant that is successfully received, or receives any kind of funds through donation, not only does the Trust benefit, but so does AWL Educating the public about watches and clocks, watchmakers and clockmakers is the main mission of the ELM Trust. This educating of the public also benefits you as a member of AWL Through Gary's efforts the public learns more about how unique you, as a watchmaker or clockmaker, are. They learn about the need for qualified watchmakers and clockmakers. They also learn that our trade is not the proverbial "dying trade" or "lost art", but that it is alive and prosper ing, and that there is a real need for more people to get the proper education/training in order to enter our profession and become successful.