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Grey River Argus, 15 August 1944, Page 2

Spare parts are unobtainable so:— KNOW YOUR WATCH 4 KEEP IT GOING I Do you know that your watch, regardless of its size, contains | nearly 200 parts, some of which are unbelievably small? Some of I the parts of your watch are so small that 140,000 of them would not fill a thimble. Yet, there is as much pressure per square inch on the balance wheel staff (the axle 1 ' about which the balance wheel swings) as there is on the piston of a locomotive. Here are some facts which may interest you. A series of wheels and pinions called the Tram carries the'.power (from the main-spring to the escapement, and the wheel you see moving to and fro when the watch is open at the oack is the Balance Wheel. The Train divides up the force with which, the main-spring unwinds; the escapement' allows this force to escape in measured doses- the Balance Wheel swings to.amd fro at a speed regulated, by the Hair or Balance Spring and this governs the timekeeping of the watch. The Balance Wheel makes nearly half a million swings in 24 hcurs/and 150,000,000 swings a year, and ir a pocket size watch the rim cf the Balance Wheel travels 8,395 miles in a year. Watch this advertisement and learn about your watch: SUTHERLANDS 1 The Jewellery House of the Coast. FOR THE MODERN HOME BUILDER AN ELECTRIC HOME IS CLEAN, HEALTHY AND THE EASIEST TO MANAGE.. Electricity lias for over a hundred years been adding to the leisure hours of the whole world. The daily round is a round of enjoyment when the common task is performed by the touch of a switch. GREV ELECTRIC POWER BOARD