JEWELS IN WATCHES

Shannon News, 13 January 1928, Page 1

JEWELS IN WATCHES

There, is a great deal of argument nowadays-as to the country whic! rrakcs the best watches, ana the Bn tlsh watch of to-day can safely reh on the belief that British goods an best for its sales. Many people holt* that the American watch has yet ti be beaten, but recently watches w Swiss manufacture have been seer which are at least equal to the a%-er age American watch, and at a verj much lower price. While on this sub joct a word about the innocent label of "17 jewels" would be appreciates (savs the Cape Argus). Many people j have been heard to accuse a watch repairer of either substituting their watrth jewels with inferior ones ot even stealing them. The average-, watch jewel is worth sixpence at tht most, and the time taken in remov hvg one of these would be worth somewhat over this sum, leaving the cheaper jewel still to be fitted. The above will cause people to ask why they are being charged so much more than the value of the jewel when replacement is necessary. The reason is simply that to remove a jewel the brass plate has to be cut away and a new 'setting" cut to receive the new jewel, and this is often a very troublesome job. A cracked jowel in a watch may wear away a wheel pivot if not attended to within a reasonable time, and in such cases the charge for repair is, of course, considerably greater. Just look inside your watch and see if any of the jewels are cracked, and if they are take your watch to a "watchmaker," together with this article. It will surely receive his blessing. There is one factor which is greater than anything else in the destruction of watch-

es which are not cleaned regularly, and that is rust. We hear a great deal about modern chemists and scientists, and if they ever invent a;rust preventive foT purposes of this kind they " will do more than is expected of them,