Recent Blogs
Balance-wheel Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, Formula and Calculator
Balance-wheel escapement explained for watchmakers and restorers — how the lever, pallet jewels, and hairspring set rate, plus real numbers from Swiss movements.
Arnold Chronometer Escapement Mechanism: How the Spring Detent Works, Parts, and Diagram
Arnold chronometer escapement explained — how the spring detent works, why it gives marine timekeepers ±0.5 sec/day rates, with worked example and design tradeoffs.
Chronometer Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Marine Chronometer Uses
How the Chronometer Escapement works in marine timekeepers and precision watches — detent geometry, impulse mechanics, worked example, and design tradeoffs.
Antique Watch Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Beat Rate Formula
How an Antique Watch Escapement works, with formulas, beat-rate math, a worked pocket-watch example, and tradeoffs versus modern lever escapements.
Antique Clock Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, and Calculator
How an Antique Clock Escapement works, with formulas, worked examples, and applications in longcase clocks, tower clocks, and restoration horology.
Anchor Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Diagram, Parts & Uses in Pendulum Clocks
How the Anchor Escapement works in pendulum clocks, with formula, worked example, tradeoffs vs deadbeat, and FAQs for clockmakers and restorers.
Going Train Mechanism Explained: How Clock and Watch Gear Trains Work, Parts, Ratios & Diagram
Going Train explained: how the clock train transmits power from mainspring to escapement, gear ratios, real horology examples, and design tradeoffs.
Escapement Mechanism Explained: How It Works, Parts, Types, and Uses in Clocks and Watches
Escapement explained — how the mechanism gates a clock's gear train, releases energy in measured ticks, and keeps pendulums and balance wheels swinging.