Experts say that the lifetime of a j good watch is fifty years. In its daily duties, the balance vibrates .18,000 times every hour, or over 157,000,000 times a year. The hairspring makes a similar number of vibrations, and an equal number of ticks come from the escapement. This is a marvellous record, considering the small quantity of *’ food ” that has been consumed by its constant action. Experts say “ food.” j because whatever labours must be fed, j and the watch “ lives ” on about six- : teen inches of mainspring every twenty- 1 four hours.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 26 June 1934, Page 3
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