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RICHMOND 14 PICKLE BARREL R eplacing and Tipping Prongs and Beads in San Francisco JOSEPH RUGOLE WATCH ADJUSTMENTS 20 Hairsprings and Jsochronism JOSEPH RUGOLE SCHOLASTICALLY SPEAKING Part one of a series: 24 San Francisco Site LOUIS A. ZANONI GLOSSARY OF SOLID STATE TERMS Solid State 26 A Glossary of Electronic Terms Used in Quartz Watches: Part J Glossary OTTO BENESH 2 8 CLOC~ CHATTER A Modicum ofMainsprings THE SHIP'S CHRONOMETER A look at MARVIN E. WHITNEY 36 More Marine Chronometers Hallmarks ORVILLE R. HAGANS 40 IN THE SPOTLIGHT Trumpeter and Pipe Organ Clocks HENRY B. FRIED 42 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Look at Hallmarks Perlman named ARCHIE B. PERKINS 48 TECHNICALLY WATCHES WMJDA Spring Bars and Watch Bands Man of the year SEAN C. "PAT" MONK 54 ESSENCE OF CLOCK REPAIR French 8-Day Carriage Clock DEPARTMENTS ROBERT F. BISHOP 56 AFFILIATE CHAPTER COLUMN Th e "Ideal" Affiliate Chapter Our Readers Write / 6 AWI Bench Courses / 7 Horological Times ISSN0145-9546 is published monthl · Bench Tips / 23 '.'1akers Institute, Harold J. Herman, Editor, 3700 Harris~na~d copyn~ht~d b~ the_ American Watch- ing and reproduction is prohibited without pe m· . f venue, Cmc'.nnat1, Ohio 45211. Reprint 1 New Members/ 47 Subscription, $30.00 per year, $ . per copy American Watchmakers Institute. 4 00 ~n ;~~~ ~o~ te New Products/ 60 copy outside the United States. Second c n_1te t~te~ an~ $36:00 per year, $5.00 per the American Watchmakers Institute. lass postage paid at Cincinnati, Ohio. Copyright@1980 by News in the Trade / 62 Classified Ads / 66 Dates to Remember/ 68 Advertiser's Index I 68 H ROLOGICAL Executive and Editorial Offices AWi Central P.O. Box llOll 3700 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 452ll Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Harold]. Herman: Editor Thomas J. Herman: Managing Editor ''THAT'S SILVER, SON!'' Virginia C. Montgomery: Associate Editor LuAnn Martin: Art Director Sue Scott: Business Manager t had been some time since the "What was that?" Mildred Howard: Circulation Manager I battery had been changed in my "See this two-cell flashlight?" Lee Rothan: Circulation quartz watch, and a trip to see Joe, my "Yeah" friendly jeweler-watchmaker, was in order. "Well, first I took some cord Technical Editors: Entering his establishment, I noted that and tied it onto the flashlight so it Otto Benesh Archie B. Perkins Joe had a distinct shadow on the left would hang around his neck. Then I James H. Broughton Marshall F. Richmond side of his face. I thought I would parry took two wires and attached one to the Fred S. Burckhardt Joseph Rugole before quizzing him on the details of his positive pole and the other to the negative Steven G. Conover Leslie L. Smith acquiring that monumental shiner. pole of the flashlight. The two wires Joe Crooks William 0. Smith, Jr. "Hi, Joe. Thought I'd stop in ran inside his shirt and down his sleeve Paul Fisk James L. Tigner to have the battery changed in my to his watch. I put a square plug on one Henry B. Fried Marvin E. Whitney Orville R. Hagans watch." wire and a round one on the other and Ewell D. Hartman "Hi , Ted. Can do, but I know then drilled a round hole and a square Gerald G. Jaeger you're wondering what happened to my hole into the watch case. Plus and minus, Sean C. Monk eye." you know. I bypassed the up converter Robert A. Nelson "Well. .." that steps the voltage from 1.5 volts "Well this guy came in last to 3 volts and plugged 'er in. It worked great!" A WI Officers: week and wanted the silver cell changed in his LCD. As I was opening his case, Leslie L. Smith, CMW, CEWS: President "I wonder what the watch com Joe Crooks: 1st Vice President he asked me how much it was going to cost him. I said $22.00. Busy at my pany will think of that!" Karl Buttner, CMW: 2nd Vice President "They'll probably like it. That's Charles H. Mann: Secretary work, I heard heavy breathing and strange one less component they'll have to manu Marvin E. Whitney, CMW, CMC: Treasurer noises emanating from his throat. The back of the case removed, I looked up facture. It'll decrease their costs.'' "But what did this guy say when A WI Directors: and saw a clenched fist three inches from my eye. The path of destruction was you hung the flashlight around his neck Dorothy M. Aderman and wired him?" Joseph G. Baier, Ph.D. inevitable. When the stars subsided, I James H. Broughton, CEWS found myself looking up at him with "At first, he didn't like it at Henry B. Fried, CMW, CMC my good eye. Speech was impossible, all. But when I told him the entire thing Ewell D. Hartman, CMW for he had lodged his knee into my only cost $14.95, he calmed down a Geral~ G. Jaeger, CMW, CEWS Adam's apple under 215 lbs. of pressure. bit. By the way, I made a nice profit, Donald W. Leverenz, CMW Then he said, 'I'm gonna be back here at that. But the clincher that really sold Sean C. Monk, CMW' tomorrow and pick up my watch and it Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CEWS the package was when I showed him Eric R. Samuel, CMW ain't gonna cost me $22.00.' " how at night he could use the flash "My gosh, Joe. What did you light to read the time on his watch. He do?" Robert F. Bishop: Affiliate Chapter Director almost flipped with joy! In fact, he "Ted, I knew that I was in came back and gave me a T-bone steak." trouble. I also knew that I wasn't going Joseph Rugole, CMW: Research and Education "Well, Joe, I appreciate your to sell that battery to him at cost, but Council Chairman ingenuity, but I think I 'II just take the like all good watchmaker-clockmakers, regular silver cell." I dug back into my bag of tricks and came "Sure, Ted. I understand. That'll Michael P. Danner: Administrative Director up with the answer." be $28.00." 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