Ladies' Mesh Watch Bands to Fit Seiko, Pulsar, Citizen And Many Other Brandsl LADIES' MESH WATCHBANDS Now you can offer your customers a quality micron plated or stainless band at a reasonable price and keep the extra profit for yourself! Width at case is 9.8mm, width of SLIDING CLASPS fork end is 8mm, & width at clasp is Sliding clasps complete with top 7mm. portions. Fits Lorus, Sharp and many others! Available in 6mm $8.95 y $4.95 5/5 & 7mm, Yellow & White. $3.50 each POPULAR FOLDOVER CLASPS Our popular clasps fit Seiko, Pulsar and many others. Available separately or in an assortment! Available CENTER CATCHES Sizes: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,15 & 16mm. Yellow & White. These handy catches fit many brands - and at this low price, you'll want to stock up! Available $2.95 each Widths: 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6mm. Yellow & White. $11.95 I dozen Need it tomorrow? Call us today! National WATS: 800-328-0205 In Minnesota: 800-392-0334 FAX: (612) 452-4298 Toll-Free FAX: 800-548-9304 VOLUME 15, NUMBER 6 JUNE 1991 A Technique HOROLOGICAL For Efficient Use of the Lathe 36 Official Publication of the American Watchmakers Institute ALICE B. CARPENTER 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE JOE CROOKS 6 BENCH TIPS Vibrating Arm For Those HENRY B. FRIED 8 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Edouard Richard Pocket Watch Rough and FRED S. BURCKHARDT 16 ROCK QUARRY Saved by a Pendant Watch Worn HENRY B. FRIED 18 SELF-WINDING WATCHES DA TRON, Part 4 Pivots • • • ROBERT D. PORTER 24 HOW TO REPIVOT CLOCK WHEELS ON YOUR DRILL PRESS 42 JOHN A. NAGLE 28 HODGE PODGE LODGE A Means to an End JOHNPLEWES 30 CLOCKS INSIDE & OUT Cutting Glass for Clock Cases RICHARD C. DREIBELBIS 34 TELECHRON 8851 TIMER J.M. HUCKABEE 36 TURNING BETWEEN CENTERS A Run-down ARCHIE B. PERKINS 42 TECHNICALLY WATCHES Antique Watch Restoration, Part L.XVI on Crystals MARSHALL F. RICHMOND 46 PICKLE BARREL 50 Flat or Bead Diamond Settings JAMES ADAMS 49 NOVICE WATCHMAKER Expand Your Skills WES DOOR 50 SHOPTALK Watch Crystal Management, Part 3 DEPARTMENTS DAVID A. CHRISTIANSON 52 TIMELOCKS Up Front/4 Sargent & Greenleaf AWi Bench Courses/14 Timelock Movements, Part II Material Search Network/39 ROBERT L. MACOMBER 56 A JAPANESE CUCKOO Bulletln Board/40 Ask Huck/55 MIKE NEVILLE 60 SCHOLASTICALLY SPEAKING AWi Project Extend/61 Oklahoma State University Association News/62 New Members/63 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the Am¢rican New Products/64 Watchmakers' Institute, 3700 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211, for $40.00 per year ($4.50 News In the Trade/67 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, Claeslfled Ads/68 P ~O. Box f1011, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Dates to Remember/72 Advertisers' lndex/72 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 OHOROLOGICALr.J™ Henry B. Fried Josephine F. Hagans FELLOWS •Orville R. Hagans * * Harold J. Herman u Dc=JC3~ OF THE AMERICAN Gerald G. Jaeger EXECUTIVE AND EDrrORIAL OFFICES WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE Robert A. Nelson •Hamilton E. Pease AWi Central Milton C. Stevens P.O. Box 11011 Marvin E. Whitney 3700 Harrison Avenue *DeceaMd Cincinnati. OH 45211 Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Fox: (513) 661-3131 Milton C. Stevens: Co-Editor Michael P. Donner: Co-Editor IS ANYBODY OUT THERE LISTENING? Regino Stenger: Assoc/ate Editor Harold J. Herman: Senior Technical Editor or those of us who were not at the Donna Boos: Production Director Fannual meeting in Cincinnati in June 1988, letmerecapareportgiven by Charles F. Jomes Lubic: Technical & Educational Barnes, Chairman of the Publicity and Public Services Manager Relations Committee. Margie M. Brofer: Circulation Manager It was noted that we needed a public Nancy Wellmann: Business Manager relations program to change the negative self­ Mory Sansalone: Seminar Coordinator image of watchmaking on a national level. The fact that the cost of a national advertising TECHNICAL EDITORS: campaign was prohibitive was also noted. The enterprising Publicity and Pub­ James Adams Wes Door lic Relations Committee members, along with Robert F. Bishop Henry B. Fried MiltSt:evens and Mike Danner, met with a Jomes H. Broughton Ewell D. Hortman public relations firm to talk about what was available that we could afford. Fred S. Burckhordt Robert A. Nelson They were given a proposal that would give us national exposure by using Charles Cleves Archie B. Perkins the talents of an experienced journalist who would research and write Steven G. Conover Marshall F. Richmond media articles and market them, and plan awards programs for members Joe Crooks Marvin E. Whitney and market them. All of this would be done under AWI control. It was decided that AWI would .prepare releases for members. A WI OFFICERS: Instructional articles on why and how to use these appeared in Horological Times. The articles were to educate and interest the public, to present Alice B. Carpenter. CMW, CMEW: President safety and human interest articles, and to give historical background. Wes Door, CMW: First Vice President The next report of the Publicity and Public Relations Committee Jomes Adams. CMW: Second Vice President came six months later at mid-year, February 1989. They reported that the Fred S. Burckhordt: Secretary advertising agency had been at work and had drafted several magazine Marvin E. Whitney. CMW, CMC. FAWI: Treasurer articles. One was titled "The Power of'I'ime," and another was "The Future of Time." A brochure was prepared titled "Care of the Modern Watch." A WI DIRECTORS: Several spots were prepared for suburban newspapers. Several articles were prepared for "fill-in" spots for local radio stations and also TV William Biederman, CMW stations. And these are good articles. I particularly liked the one titled Robert F. Bishop, CMEW "Watching Over Your Watch." (I wish some of my customers would read it!) Jomes H. Broughton, CMEW Copies of these and others were sent to AWI and were placed in Buddy Carpenter, CMC, CMEW the packets of the board members. At the end of each, the advertisers Henry Frystak, CMW stated where and how many times the articles had been used and also how Ewell D. Hortman, CMW and where the radio spots had been used. Gerold G. Jaeger, CMW, CMEW, FAWI At a board meeting, Milt Stevens asked the board members if we Donald R. Lake had heard or read any of these. We were asked to ask our local guilds if Robert L. Macomber, CMC THEY had heard or read any of these. To date, he has only had three people Marshall F. Richmond, CMW to respond. Why have no others responded to the request to Jet AWI know if Poul D. Wadsworth: Affiliate Chapter Director they have heard any of the radio spots or read any of the articles? Arnold Van Tiem: REC Director We really need your input. We need to know whether we are Robert F. Bishop, CMEW: Immediate reaching our objectives. To do that, we need to know if the radio and TV Past President spots are being seen and if the articles are being read. Drop us a note to let us know ... ifanybody out there is listening! Milton C. Stevens, FA WI: Executive Secretary Michael P. Danner: Administrative Director Reprinting and reproduction IS prohibited without permission from the American Watchmakers lnstl­ Me. Copyrlght©1991 by the American Watch­ makers Institute. ON THE FRONT: Jack Goldstein, a new member of AWi, sent us this.slide of Long Island Beach, New Jersey. Mr. Goldstein is a resident of Cranford, New Jersey. Last month's front cover of the azaleas ("Springtime in Virginia") by Josephine Hagans 2 Horological Times/June 1991 was taken on the campus of Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. JANICE WILLIAMS Senior Technical Assistant Janice Williams came to mechanical. Her current ages 8 and 6 - plus sew­ Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Eveready 5 years ago with responsibilities include ing, bQwling and regular Technology Laboratory Westlake, Ohio a degree in Microbiology both. Outside of work, workouts at a gym near from Penn State and a love Janice's interests revolve the plant. for things scientific and around a son and daughter, The attributes of Lithium vironment because moisture make it an important ele­ inhibits proper battery opera­ ment in current and future tions. Consequently, the Eveready® watch battery tech­ skilled hands of Janice nology. Its use has given a Williams and her team re­ new definition to the word ceive material from a "dry "care': Lithium must be room" and assemble experi­ handled in a totally dry en- mental batteries in a "dry EVEREADY* WATCH BATTERIES Exceptional quality and dependability, the result of a sophisticated ....., __ .1 manufacturin g process, a high degree of technlcal expertise and people dedicated to making the difference. UPFRONT FAXING TECHNICAL REQUESTS have to install another fax line and service fee of $5 for each request or the Many members are making good use of employ a clerk to do nothing but fax donation of a vintage watch movement the fax machine in their business opera­ responses. for the Movement Bank. Our purpose tions. It's quick to order material from Another good reason: Many was twofold: we wanted to keep the suppliers, and it's quick to request tech­ responses are multiple pages which take Movement Bank stocked with desirable nical information. AWI speeds up tech­ time to feed into the machine.