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- called "countwheel striking". This uses a wheel that contains notches on its side, spaced by unequal, increasing arc segments. This countwheel governs...
- by a countwheel with semi random spacing so the Blink takes place at any position in the to- and fro- motion of the pendulum. A further countwheel mechanism...
- introduced during the 17th century and had distinct advantages over the 'countwheel' (or 'locking plate') mechanism. During the 20th century there was a common...
- Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum: The countwheel of the detached escapement of the 1872 towerclock, former town clock of Mindelheim, ran at 10 sec/w****...
- for his late longcase clocks. Most of Gretton’s longcase movements had countwheel-striking control, although some had rack striking and quarter striking...