- An
escapement is a
mechanical linkage in
mechanical watches and
clocks that
gives impulses to the
timekeeping element and
periodically releases the gear...
- The
verge (or
crown wheel)
escapement is the
earliest known type of
mechanical escapement, the
mechanism in a
mechanical clock that
controls its rate by...
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quality watches went to the
duplex escapement,
invented by Jean
Baptiste Dutertre in 1724. The
advantage of
these escapements was that they only gave the...
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instrumental in the
development of the
escapement mechanism. His
patented escapement of 1865
introduced a
novel duplex design with co-axially
mounted twin...
- and in
British watches with the
duplex escapement. In the 19th century, both were su****ded by the
lever escapement which has been used
almost exclusively...
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corresponding to the beat (half period) of the
balance wheel. With a
duplex escapement, the hand
advances every two
beats (full period) of the
balance wheel...
- Eichstätt. Jean
Dutertre (1684–1734),
French watchmaker, Paris,
duplex escapement.
Johannes Klein (1684–1762),
Czech mathematician,
astronomer and mechanic...
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rugged design,
movement (usually with a pin-pallet
escapement,
although sometimes with
duplex escapements)
which has
either no
jewels or just one jewel, width...
- mid 1840s.
Former French maker Erard (known for
inventing the
double escapement principle still used in
grand actions today)
added two
extra keys at the...
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Dupuy in Toulouse,
France [22] - A
large silver watch with two
wheel duplex escapement,
formerly in the Time
Museum in Rockford,
Illinois [23] - Two gold...
