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Your Full-Service Wholesaler 1165 Medallion Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55120 National Wats: 800-328-0205; Inquiries - Information: 612-452-7180 Fax: 612-452-4298; Toll Free Fax: 800-548-9304 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 6 JUNE 1993 How Accessories TM Enhance Your Lathe HOROLOGICAL 16 Official Publication of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute A Study of Two Early Timelock Wes Door 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Movements Henry B. Fried 4 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS The Plan Watch Company 24 Joe Crooks 6 BENCH TIPS Customizing Balance Timing Washers Fred S. Burckhardt 8 ROCK QUARRY Vanity, Thy Name Is ... Archie B. Perkins 10 TECHNICALLY WATCHES Antique Watch Restoration PartLXXXX J.M. Huckabee 16 ASACLOCKMAKERTURNS The Lathe Tai/stock and Its Accessories Marshall F. Richmond 20 PICKLE BARREL Jewelry Crafting and Repair Inventory for the Jewelry Crafting and Repair Shop David A. Christianson 24 TIMELOCKS Sargent &Greenleaf V REC lnservice Wes Door 28 SHOP TALK Program Crystal Cutting and Fitting 37 David J. Carlson 34 CLOCKS INSIDE & OUT An Unusual Shelf Cuckoo-Quail Clock Arnold Van Tiem 37 SCHOLASTICALLY SPEAKING DEPARTMENTS The 1993 REC Meetings Henry B. Fried 41 BOOK REVIEW New Members/15 LaMontre Francaise Material Search Network/21 Association Newa/22 New Products & Literature/ 23 HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSN0145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American Watchmakers Institute, 3700 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211, for$45.00 peryear ($4.50 per copy Ask Huck/30 in the United States and $50.00 per year, $5.50 per copy outside the U.S.) Second class postage paid at Bulletin Board/32 Cincinnati, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGICAL TIMES, P.O. Box 11011, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211. Clauified Ads/44 Dates to Remember/48 OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Closed on all national holidays. PHONE (513) 661-3838, AWi HOTLINE: (513) 661-4636 (24-hour recording), FAX Advertisers' lndex/48 (513) 661-3131. * FELLOWS * OF THE AMERICAN WATCHMAKERS INSTITUTE James H. Broughton Harold J. Herman George Daniela Gerald G. Jaeger EXECUTIVE AND EDffORIAL OFFICES Henry B. Fried Robert A. Nelson Josephine F. Hagans •Hamilton E. Pease AWi Central • Orvllle R. Hagans Mitton C. Stevena P.O. Box 11011 Ewell D. Hartman Marvin E. Whitney 3700 Harrison Avenue •Deceased Cincinnati, OH 45211 Telephone: (513) 661-3838 Fax: (513) 661-3131 Milton C. Stevena: Editor Regina Stenger: Associate Editor President's Message Donna Baas: Production Director Harold J. Herman: Senior Technical Editor t's June again and just about time for I our AWI Affiliate Chapter and Annual Margie M. Brater: Circulation Manager Board of Directors Meeting. Everyone is invited. Nancy Wellmann: Business Manager Yes, that means all of our members and their Mary Sansalone: Seminar Coordinator spouses too. You do not need to be one of the Affiliate Chapter delegates or one ofthe Board of TECHNICAL EDITORS Directors to attend. You can sit in on either Robert F. Bishop J.M. Huckabee James H. Broughton John P. Kenyon meeting and do everything except vote. Yes, you Fred S. Burckhardt John A. Nagle can make suggestions and/or ask questions dur­ David A. Christianson Archie B. Perkins ing the discussion periods before the voting. Charles aeves Robert D. Porter Here's a brief concept of how it works. Joe Crooks Marshall F. Richmond Friday, June 25th is Affiliate Chapter day. If Wes Door Marvin E. Whitney your watchmakers/clockmakers guild belongs to Henry B. Fried A WI, and ifyou are the one they are sending as a delegate, then you are not only invited to attend, but you will also help by voting on all Affiliate Chapter AWi OFFICERS Wes Door, CMW: President business. This will include suggestions that will be referred to the A WI Board Joseph L. Cerullo, CMW, CMC: First Vice President at their Saturday meeting. All Affiliate Chapters have received a form which Henry Frystak, CMW: Second Vice President should be filled out so it can be presented at the Affiliate Chapter meeting by Fred S. Burckhardt: Secretary your guild's representative. In fact, this form should be filled out early and Gerald G. Jaeger, CMW, CMEW, FAWI: Treasurer returned to A WI Central so they have time to make enough copies for all delegates. AWi DIRECTORS 1ncidentally,each guild may send a delegate and an alternatedelegate William Biederman, CMW if they wish. The alternatedelegatewould take the delegate's place only in their Robert F. Bishop, CMEW absence. The alternates not only can but are encouraged to sit in on all meetings. Buddy Carpenter, CMC, CMEW This includes the Affiliate Chapter meeting on Friday as well as theAWI Board Charles Oeves Ewell D. Hartman, CMW, FAWI meeting on Saturday. As delegates are called up to give their reports, they are Gerhard Hutter, CMW sharing their state or guild experiences. As we said, another important duty of Benjamin Matz, CMW the Affiliate Chapter delegate is to help make suggestions. During this time an John A. Nagle additional microphone is set up so even non-votingAWI members may be heard. Robert A. Nelson, CMW, CMEW, FAWI Saturday, June 26th is the A WI Board meeting. It works similar to the Marshall F. Richmond, CMW Affiliate Chapter meeting except the Board members have the voting rights James E. Williams, CC now. Affiliate Chapter members and any A WI members in the room have a microphone available to them for their input. Yes, this means everyone is Joseph L. Cerullo, CMW, CMC: Affiliate Chapter invited to the Saturday board meeting also. Between meetings we socialize, Director Tony Knorr: Research & Education Council Dirsclor sometimes have some special speakers from our industry, and we always Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CMEW: Immediate Past compare and share ideas with each other. President Maybe your vacation could route you through Cincinnati and you could allow a little time to join us this year and give us your input. Remember, in our Milton C. Stevens, FAWI: Executive Secretary meetings we do not spell "board" "bored". It's educational and fun too. David LaFleche: General Manager This year's meetings will be at the Airport Radisson Inn. Their phone James Lubic: Technica/ & Educational Services Manager number is (606) 371-6166. Their free national registration number is 1-800-333- Henry B. Fried, CMW, CMC, FAWI: Technical 3333. Our meetings start Friday, June 25 at 9:00 am. Director Reprinting and reproduction la prohibited with­ outwrltten permission from the American Watch­ makers-Clockmaker• lnatHute. Copyrlght©1993 by the American Watchmakers-Clockmaker• In­ stitute. ON THE FRONT: Photographed by Karl Lauri of Detroit, Michigan. 2 Horological Times/June 1993 The Plan Watch HENRY B. FRIED Company CMW, CMC, FAWI, FBHI, •FNAWCC Do you know the manufac­ The watch is now in century by Adolf Schwab of 37 Q turer or maker of the Plan excellent running condition, and Maiden Lane. That company watch? the case is box hinge brass (very (Schwab) was also the agent for the I have a Plan watch which heavy); it may have been plated. Cyma-Tavannes watch, and the is well marked for country of The inner cover is stamped "Swit­ Admiral line of watches (which origin, having a patent mark rayed zerland," numbered 7763, with used Tavannes ebauches). The section with equi-armed cross in numbers 34 and 12 also. Schwab Company later moved the center and "1042" stamped The dial is porcelain and uptown in the late twenties. No below it. The other engraving: On appears hand-applied in some later reference to the Plan Watch the top plate is "Plan Watch" and areas of markings. Company is listed in later Swiss or serial No. 775585. An elephant The back cover is also American reference books. The with its trunk pointing forward is stamped with the following: a belt number 775585 is rather high for a stamped or engraved on the barrel drape style cartouche encloses two Swiss watch of that time. Had you cover. facing dolphins with a Swiss cross sent me a photo of the movement or The watch is k.w., k.s, between the tails, the letter Mjust even place the watch movement approximately 23 ligne diameter above the buckle. A crown sur­ side down, on the copier, it would cylinder escapement (nicely made mounts the belt which is engraved register well enough for me to escape wheel). The pillar plate is "Registered Trademark." recognize it, were it familiar or brass, top plate nickeled brass, and Clifton B. Conn possibly some American or imita­ balance cock is marked Sand F. Pittsburgh, PA tion Swiss-American product. The pillar plate is stamped M1R5, 0 the barrel M5, and the top plate The case markings you de­ M5. The balance is jeweled Swiss A scribe are that of the Send your questions to: style, and there are three plate casemaker and not the maker of the Henry B. Fried jewels functional and cosmetic. watch. I cannot identify any such "Questions & Answers" On page 253 of the Ben­ trademarks as facing dolphins Horological Times jamin Allen & Company catalog among my references.