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Available in two sizes. >- Overall Size: 8-3/4" x 11-1/4" VOLUME 23 HoRoLOGICAL'" NUMBER 9 TIMES CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 1999 An Official Publication of the American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute FEATURE ARTICLES EDITORIAL & EXECUTIVE OFFICES AWl Central, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030 The AWl Academy, By William J. Ewbank 10 Phone: (513) 367-9800 Fax: (513) 367-1414 An Easy Way to Make Watch Battery Insulators, By Robert D. Porter 16 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.awi-net.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00AM to 5:00 PM (EDST) Closed National Holidays COLUMNS William J. Ewbank: Editor-in-Chief Technically Watches, By Archie B. Perkins 18 Donna K. Baas: Managing Editor, Advertising Manager Katherine J. Ortt: Associate Editor, Layout/Design Associate Pocket Watches and Their Maintenance, Part 16 William J. Ewbank: Executive Director A Practical Course in Clock Repair, By John P. Kenyon 24 James E. Lubic, CMW: Education & Technical Director Pivot Repair Nancy L. Wellmann: General Manager Thomas J. Pack: Finance Director Repeater, Petite and Grande Sonnerie Clocks, By Leo A. Jaroslaw 34 Stewart Lesemann, CW, CEWT: Assistant Instructor Seth Thomas Hall Clock, Part 47 Sharon McManus: Membership Coordinator Mary Beth Huff: Shipping Coordinator As a Clockmaker Turns, By J.M. Huckabee 38 Anthony W. DePrato: Audiovisual Manager The American Clock with a Winding Click Problem Kelley Knight: Education Coordinator Stacey Hauck: Receptionist/Secretary HOROLOGICAL TIMES ADVISORY COMMIITEE DEPARTMENTS Ron DeCorte, CMW: Chairman President's Message, By David A. Christianson 2 Chip Lim, CMW, CMC, CMEW Stanley McMahan Executive Director's Message, By William J. Ewbank 2 Robert Ockenden, CMC Questions & Answers 4 AWl OFFICERS David A. Christianson, CMW, CMEW: President Ask Huck, By J.M. Huckabee 6 Ron DeCorte, CMW: First Vice President Robert D. Porter, CMW: Second Vice President Battery of Information, By Ewell D. Hartman 8 Ewell D. Hartman, CMW, FAWI: Secretary Gerald G. Jaeger, CMW, CMEW, FAWI: Treasurer Rock Quarry, By Fred S. Burckhardt 12 AWl DIRECTORS Letters to the Editor 14 Joseph L. Cerullo, CMW, CMC Jim Door Affiliate Chapter Report, By Stanley McMahan 28 Wes Door, CMW From the Workshop, By Jack Kurdzionak Henry Frystak, CMW 30 Tamara Houk Book Review, By Robert D. Porter 32 Jack Kurdzionak Marshall F. Richmond, CMW AWl Material Search 36 William 0. Smith, Jr., CMW, CMC, FAWI Milton C. Stevens, FAWI Material Matters, By Peter W. Eckel 42 Sue Ann Wysong, CMEW AWl New Members 51 Stanley McMahan: Affiliate Chapter Director Frank Poye: Research & Education Council Director Classified Advertising 52 Charles Cleves: Immediate Past President Advertisers' Index 56 FELLOWS American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute Robert F. Bishop J. M. Huckabee Bulletin Board 56 James H. Broughton Gerald G. Jaeger Fred S. Burckhardt Robert A. Nelson George Daniels *Hamilton E. Pease EDUCATION *Henry B. Fried Archie B. Perkins Bench Courses/Project Extend Josephine F. Hagans William 0. Smith, Jr. 56 *Orville R. Hagans Milton C. Stevens Ewell D. Hartman *Marvin E. Whitney Harold J. Herman 'Deceased SPECIAL INTEREST Annual Meetings of the AWl 44 AWl-ELM Trust Silent Auction 55 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (JSSNO 145-9546) is published mon1hly and copyrighted by the American Watchmakers Institute, 701 Enterprise DrOie. Harrison, OH 45030-1696. COVER Sllbsaiptio(l prit.G for the P<lblic is 545.00 per year ($4,50 per copy) in the Un~ed Sla!esand $50,00 peryear($5.50 per Cllj)YCIII5ide the U.S.). members subscription This month's cover features the American Is S14.63 which Is lnclu<!ed ~lh annual dues of 545.00. Periodicals postage paid at liarrl!on. OH 4503G and add~!onalenlries.: POSThiASTER: Send address changes Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute's Academy lo HOROLOG(CAL TJMES, 701 Ente:prise Drive, Hasrlioll, OH 45030-1696. of Watchmaking . Photography by Malcom J. Wilson President's Message David A. Christianson Membership in A WI offers more than just an annual subscription to the Horological Times magazine. For the watchmaker A WI maintains an impressive bank of rare and vintage watch move­ ment parts. Just contact AWl with your needs. A WI will broadcast fax a request to all of the material houses in the nation. You pay the going rate for the needed part to the material house. If the material houses don't have the part, we check the Movement Bank. If it is not in our Movement Bank, a request is sent out to all of our members through the Horological Times. Over 95% of the rare and vintage material search requests are successful. Again, for the watchmaker, A WI maintains a file of thousands of technical bulletins for nearly every watch move­ ment produced in the last 100 years. Copies for specific movements are available for free upon request. For identification, technical information and historical information on both watches and clocks, A WI relies upon its technical staff, Technical Committee and its extensive library collection to do technical & historical research for you. All you need to do is send clear photos, written descriptions and sketches so the researcher can see what you see. If you are having problems with the repair of a specific clock or watch, A WI offers technical assistance, through its technical staff and its Technical Committee. Again ... send clear photos, written details and sketches so the researcher can understand what you need and see what you see. If all else fails and our movement bank, technical library, Technical Committee and technical staff cannot help ... A WI will appeal for help to our nearly 6,000 members through the "Bulletin Board" published each month in the Horological Times. We all need help at times, when you do, take advantage of these very worthwhile member benefits. Executive Director's Message William J. Ewbank We are again heading into that favorite season of the year for watchmakers and clockmakers in this country. A cherished annual event must be, just has to be, receiving your annual dues and membership renewal statement. All kidding aside, you can look for your annual dues statement to arrive during October. Prompt renewal means uninterrupted access to the many services available from A WI. Perhaps the most tangible and important service to most of you is your subscription to Horological Times. The look and feel of your renewal notice and new membership card will be very different this year. Gone is the clumsy three-ply carbonless renewal notice. Also gone will be the plain vanilla membership card. All your membership materials will have a crisper, more colorful and professional appearance in the future. This is all a part of our new capability created by a new association membership computer software package that was installed this year. The purpose of purchasing the new association software was threefold. First, and vitally important, the new software and equipment is Y2K compliant. (That means it won't go up in a puff of blue smoke on New Year's Eve.) Second, we can now generate the higher quality membership materials that you deserve. Finally, and of the most lasting importance, the new software gives us the capability to fulfill the Strategic Planning Committee's recommendation, adopted by the Board of Directors, to assemble a detailed database concerning our membership in order to provide the information necessary to make good decisions about the future needs and directions of A WI. Before you can have a database, you need to assemble data. Simply put, A WI has been a data averse organization for many years. We need your help. This year's renewal package will include a detailed questionnaire about you and your career in horology.