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More Selling Power for Your Store MORE SELLING POWER FOR YOUR STORE This Fabulous Kreisler Display will help you sell more KEYSTONE PRICING* Watchbands in the $5.95 to $27.95 retail range than you FOR EXTRA PROFITS! ever thought possible. It is yours FREE when you order SHARP® either of the Best Seller Assortments below. SHARP@ QUALITY No Strings! No Hidden Costs! Yours Free! • Japanese movements • Superior quality control in all F SHARP components Takes Less Space! • Exacting quality controls at 1 1 Takes only 10 /2" x 10 /2" factory and distribution centers of counter space! • 5 Year Limited Warranty for every style Pllferproofl Protects your profits. SHARP@PRODUCT Bands can't be removed • From $9.95 to $79.95 until you release the lock! • Analog Quartz - over 200 models • High Tech - over 30 top sellers Plan-0-Grammed Stocki • Many basic fast tum economy Style number behind models for promotion every band on display • New exquisite selected tells you what you sell and what you need! distribution models Shows 24 Men's, SHARP@ ADVERTISING 24 Women's! • Local market support See thru package shows • Network and local t v. style and price. Helps • Print campaigns in Time/People customers select what and other top magazines they want! *KEYSTONE PRICING! 10-Piece minimum (less than 10 "Best Sellers pieces billed at less 40 and 10) Sell Best!" DISPLAYS AVAILABLE The K-10498 Two-Tier Display Assortment of 48 different best Light and motion displays for 50 selling styles consists of 60 men's and 36 women's two-tone, and 90-piece units yellow and stainless steel from $6.95 to $27.95 retailers. Cost of display Is offset with free goods The K-1346BC Two-Tier Display Assortment of 48 different best selling styles consists of 48 metal and 72 leather bands from $5.95 TERMS AVAILABLE FD-9002 - 90 Piece Floor Display to $24.95 retailers. Light and Motion, 9 rows of 1O To Credit Approved Accounts marked spaces for easy tracking Prices Subject to Change and reordering. 14 Karat Gold Pierced Earring Assortments Dimensions 18" dia. x 68" height. Takes a minimum of space for high volume turnover and profits. OTHER These are our best selling units. All earrings are individually boxed. AVAILABLE DISPLAYS • Anson Men's Jewelry #90 351G #90508 • Zippe Lighters & Gifts BO pair 144 pair * Centair 14K Watches Your Cost: $1,530.00 Your Cost: $2,660.00 • Oneida Baby • Neck Chain Displays 80 pair of best selling 14 144 pair of best selling 14 • Locket & Cross Displays Kt Gold Pierced Earrings. Kt. Gold Pierced Earrings Individually boxed in an in a pilfer-proof display elegant pilfer-proof display with motorized revolving FREE Information with motorized revolving center, miffored base and Available center. 144 gift boxes. Height: 24'14" Height: 30 '12" • Quartz Movements • Width: 16" Width: 15" • Crystals & Fittings • Depth: 16" Depth: 15" • Resale Merchandise • • Findings • Stones • Need them now? Call us Today! •Tools & Supplies• National Wats: 800-328-0205 ..,~ Esslinger & CD. Minnesota Wats: 800-392-0334 1165 Medallion Drive FAX: 612-452-4298 ~00 ~St. Paul, Minnesota 55120 Serving the Trade Since 1923 Inquiries - Info: 612-452-7180 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3 MARCH 1990 TM HOROLOGICAL Official Publication of the American Watchmakers Institute ROBERT F. BISHOP 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE HENRY B. FRIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 6 A Swiss Pocket Watch CHAR LES CLEVES OLD WATCHES 8 Collecting Illinois Railroad Watches 34 WES DOOR SHOP TALK 10 Stem Fitting JOHN A. NAGLE HODGEPODGE LODGE 12 How Hard Is It? FRED S. BURCKHARDT ROCK QUARRY 16 Just One of Those Days Lacquers for MARVIN E. WHITNEY MILITARY TIME 18 Comparing Watch-Waltham JOE CROOKS 22 BENCH TIPS Clock Parts JOHN PLEWES CLOCK PIVOT RESTORATION 24 Part 2 51 DAVID A. CHRISTIANSON WATCHES INSIDE & OUT 28 A Diebold Vault Timelock GERHARD M. HUTTER CLOCKS INSIDE & OUT 34 An Astronomical Clock ARCHIE B. PERKINS TECHNICALLY WATCHES 38 Antique Watch Restoration, Part LI READ ABOUT TWO NEW BOOKS ON SKELETON CLOCKS AND JAMES ADAMS NOVICE WATCHMAKER 42 The Mainspring and Barrel ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCKS MARSHALL F. RICHMOND PICKLE BARREL IN "BOOK REVIEW" BY HENRY 46 Replacing Missing or Broken Stones B. FRIED ............ PAGE 58. HENRY B. FRIED SELF-WINDING WATCHES 48 The Brain-Matic ROBERT B. LITTLE PAINTS AND FINISHES 51 FOR THE CLOCKMAKER DEPARTMENTS PAUL D. WADSWORTH AFFILIATE CHAPTER COLUMN Up Front/4 54 Do You Just Belong? Bulletin Board/14 Ask Huck/44 Association News/55 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American Scholastically Speaking/56 Watchmakers Institute, 3700 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211, for $40.00 per year ($4.50 New Products and Literature/57 per copy in the United States and $50.00 per year; $5.50 per copy outside the U.S.). Second class postage paid at Cincinnati, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGICAL TIMES, Classified Ads/60 P.O. Box 11011, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Dates to Remember/64 Advertisers' I ndex/64 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-hour recording). FAX: (513) 661-3131. George Daniels Henry B. Fried FELLOWS Josephine F. Hagans * * *Orville R. Hagans OF THE AMERICAN Gerald G. Jaeger EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL OFFICES WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE Robert A. Nelson Hamilton E. Pease Milton C. Stevens AWi Central Marvin E. Whitney P.O. Box 11011 *Deceased 3700 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Milton C. Stevens: Co-Editor Michael P. Danner: Co-Editor Regina Stenger: Associate Editor Harold J. Herman: Senior Technical Editor Donna Baas: Production Director Nancy Wellmann: Business Manager Margie M. Brater: Circulation Manager Mildred Howard: Circulation TECHNICAL EDITORS: esponsibility-something we all should have and look for in our friends James Adams Wes Door Rand loved ones-is the topic this month. The responsibility of the Robert F. Bishop Henry B. Fried watchmaker/clockmaker, retailer, material distributor, and manufacturer James H. Broughton Ewell D. Hartman to each other is worthy of a new look. Fred S. Burckhardt Robert A. Nelson First, and most important, it is the responsibility of the watchmaker/ Charles Cleves Archie B. Perkins clockmaker to the retailer and the public to be a competent craftsman and to Steven G. Conover Marshall F. Richmond update his knowledge in all the new models and techniques as they become Joe Crooks Marvin E. Whitney available. The incompetent workman is a liability to our profession and to himself. Public confidence in the repair field in general is at a low ebb, but AW/ OFFICERS: the competent craftsman can command the respect and price he deserves. Second, the watch/ clockmaker has a responsibility to the material Robert F. Bishop, CEWS: President distributor to know how to order parts properly and to make the effort to Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CEWS: Vice President order by correct name and part number. James Adams, CMW: Secretary The material distributor has a responsibility to the watch/clockmaker Marvin E. Whitney, CMW, CMC, FAWI: Treasurer to maintain an adequate stock, and assist the watchmaker in identifying the new or uncommon calibre. The individual watchmaker cannot be expected to AW/ DIRECTORS: maintain detailed information on today's plethora of makes and models. The retailer owes the watch/clockmaker adequate pay and respect. He James H. Broughton, CEWS should provide good working conditions, and encourage him to attend all Fred S. Burckhardt available seminars by providing time off and expenses. His prices should re­ Buddy Carpenter, CMC, CEWS flect a fair profit; not so high as to drive the customer away. Henry Frystak, CMW The manufacturer should provide-as many do-technical information Ewell D. Hartman, CMW and parts availability as soon as a new model is introduced. The customer Gerald G. Jaeger, CMW, CEWS, FAWI who cannot get service on his new model watch because of parts lag is apt to Donald R. Loke blame the repairman. Robert L. Macomber, CMC Thus we can see that we are all responsible to each other. We must Ben Matz, CMW try to understand each other's problems. Complaining about conditions is Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CEWS, FAWI not enough. The individual has little power. We as professional watch/clock­ Marshall F. Richmond, CMW makers, through our associations, can be a force for change-if we discharge our responsibilities as we should. Paul D. Wadsworth: Affiliate Chapter Director Jim Lubic: Research & Education Council Director William Biederman, CMW: Past President Milton C. Stevens, FAWI: Executive Secretary Michael P. Danner: Administrative Director ON THE FRONT: A peaceful morning sunrise Reprinting and reproduction is prohibited without per­ mission from the American Watchmakers Institute. Copy­ at Lake Loramie, Ohio. Photographed by Renee right ©1990 by the American Watchmakers Institute. Gerrard, Dayton, Ohio. 2 Horological Times/March 1990 T·9B w/HEATER T·14B w/HEATER List $305.00 List $412.00 s35goo SALE . ... s25000 SALE . .. T-9B Basket . .. .. S39.00 T-14B Basket .... S49.00 SOLUTIONS ... #111WATCH #3 WATCH RINSING ULTRASONIC CLEANING SOWTION NOFOME SOLUTION WATCH RINSING List$19.45gal. List$17.80ga1. List$17.80gal. C1600 List$17.aoga1. SALE .. gal. s1750 SALE .. gal. S1600 SALE .. gal."" I SALE .. gal. S1600 ELLANAR HOME CARE PRODUCTS Buy36 - We'llgiveyouthegrossprice! 8 oz. JEWELRY 8 oz. DELUXE 8 oz. SILVER 8 oz. PEARL CLEANER JEWELRY CLEANER JEWELRY CLEANER 11 oz. SILVER DIP CLEANER List$17.75doz. ~550 List$22.50doz. ~975 List$24.oodoz. ust$28.6Qdoz. ust'24.60doz. ~975 SALE . doz."" I SALE .. doz."" I SALE . doz. s1915 SALE . doz. S2625 SALE .. doz."" I FREE! ASK FOR OUR NEW FINDINGS} TOOL AND DASON RING CATALOG March 1990/Horological Times 3 formation you have provided, the consultant will call upon knowledge and previous experience with such timepieces and offer an opinion as to how you may be able to resolve your UP FRONT problem.
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