Life off the grid in the SW Texas desert. An experiment in sustainable living. NUMBERS AT THE END OF EACH BLOG POST: temp at 8PM,high temp,low temp,rainfall,wind conditions(CalmBreezyWindyGusty). YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFieldLab
Daily live streams at https://www.youtube.com/thefieldlab/live
In the real watchmaking world - they never touch the inside parts of a watch with their grubby/oily fingers. Moisture from you hands can actually be corrosive to some watch parts. One of the main rules of watchmaking is to leave no trace behind that a watch has been serviced - no scratches, no fingerprints, no dust. The rubber gloves actually get my hands really sweaty inside and real watchmakers use finger cots instead of full gloves. Just got an order of fingercots yesterday.
any idea how the original Elgin assemblers handled the glove issue?
ReplyDeletebtw, nicely done…
I have never seen any historic photos of workers wearing gloves...
ReplyDeleteGood job! But soon you may need to invest in one of those retractable magnifying lamps.
ReplyDeleteJust curious as to the reason for wearing gloves.
ReplyDeleteIn the real watchmaking world - they never touch the inside parts of a watch with their grubby/oily fingers. Moisture from you hands can actually be corrosive to some watch parts. One of the main rules of watchmaking is to leave no trace behind that a watch has been serviced - no scratches, no fingerprints, no dust. The rubber gloves actually get my hands really sweaty inside and real watchmakers use finger cots instead of full gloves. Just got an order of fingercots yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for that information.
DeleteI figured it had something to do with excluding foreign substances.
Human sweat, like human blood, has approximately the same concentration of dissolved salts as does sea water; i.e., quite corrosive to many metals.