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The Inside Story of the Fine Swiss Watch
Part Seven
   Why Does Your Watch Need Jewels?  Only jewels have a surface hard and perfect enough to allow metal parts to turn unceasingly year after year with a minimum of wear and friction.  Jewels also hold the microscopic droplets of oil that lubricate each tiny pivot point.  Raw jewels alone cost little, it's their incredibly precise finish and their perfect positioning in the watch that give them value, and that make your watch run so dependably.  And, while a certain number of jewels are necessary at vital points, you should know that an increase beyond this number does not always mean an increase in watch quality.   
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