Recent Blogs
Two Escape-wheel Pallet Escapement (side): How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Uses Explained
Two escape-wheel pallet escapement explained — how the side-mounted twin wheels split impulse and locking, with formulas, worked example, and restoration applications.
Two Escape-wheel Pallet Escapement (front): How It Works, Parts, Diagram & Formula Explained
Two Escape-wheel Pallet Escapement explained — how the front-mounted twin wheels share impulse, plus formulas, tolerances and worked examples for clockmakers.
Star-wheel Escapement Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Formula Explained
Star-wheel escapement explained: how the mechanism gates impulse in clockwork, the geometry, real workshop examples, formulas, and design tradeoffs.
Single-pin Pendulum Escapement: How It Works, Parts, Geometry and Uses Explained
Single-pin pendulum escapement explained — how the one-pin escape wheel impulses a pendulum, where horologists use it, and how to size the geometry for low...
Electro-magnetic Clock Pendulum Mechanism: How Hipp Toggle and Synchronome Impulse Drives Work
How an electro-magnetic clock pendulum works — coil impulse timing, Hipp toggle, and rate stability for precision regulators in observatories and railways.
Double Ratchet-wheel Escapement Explained: Parts, How It Works, and Marine Chronometer Uses
Double Ratchet-wheel Escapement explained — how the twin wheels deliver detached impulse, where it appears in marine chronometers, and how to spec one.
Compound Compensating Pendulum: How It Works, Parts, Formula and Diagram for Precision Timekeeping
Compound Compensating Pendulum explained — how brass and steel bars cancel thermal expansion to hold rate within 0.1 s/day in regulator clocks.
Compensating Pendulum Bob Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Uses in Precision Clocks
Compensating pendulum bob explained — how mercury, gridiron, and Invar designs cancel thermal drift in precision regulators, observatories, and tower clocks.
Bloxam's Gravity Escapement: How It Works, Parts, Diagram and Uses in Tower Clocks
Bloxam's Gravity Escapement explained: how the three-pin pallet design isolates the pendulum from train torque variations in precision tower clocks.