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  2. Torsion pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism called a torsion pendulum. This is a weighted disk or wheel, often a decorative wheel with three or four chrome balls on ornate spokes, suspended by a thin wire or ribbon called a torsion spring (also ...

  3. Conservation and restoration of clocks - Wikipedia

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    Clockwork damage can be inflicted via over-winding, interaction with contaminants, ill-advised lubrication, and clock movement when a pendulum is not secured prior to the clock being moved. A free swinging pendulum can itself be damaged and can inflict damage onto other interior components during such clock movement.

  4. Seiko - Wikipedia

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    Seiko SNK381 with 7S26-01V0 movement. In 1968, Seiko introduced three ten beat (ten ticks per second) calibers, the automatic caliber 61GS, the manual winding 45GS [46] and 19GS [47] for women's watch. The 61GS was Japan's first automatic ten beat watch, and it was the most accurate mechanical watch due to the high beat calibers. [48]

  5. Escapement - Wikipedia

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    Animation of anchor escapement, widely used in pendulum clocks. An escapement is a mechanical linkage in mechanical watches and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.

  6. Mainspring - Wikipedia

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    In many clocks, the outer end is attached to a stationary post. The spring is wound up by turning the arbor, and after winding its force turns the arbor the other way to run the clock. The disadvantage of this open spring arrangement is that while the mainspring is being wound, its drive force is removed from the clock movement, so the clock ...

  7. Movement (clockwork) - Wikipedia

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    The movement of a digital watch is more commonly known as a module. In modern mass-produced clocks and watches, the same movement is often inserted into many different styles of case. When buying a quality pocketwatch from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, for example, the customer would select a movement and case individually. Mechanical ...

  8. Anchor escapement - Wikipedia

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    The escapement is a mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains the swing of the pendulum by giving it a small push each swing, and allows the clock's wheels to advance a fixed amount with each swing, moving the clock's hands forward. The anchor escapement was so named because one of its principal parts is shaped vaguely like a ship's anchor.

  9. Automatic quartz - Wikipedia

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    The Autoquartz movement used by Tissot is gold plated and carries the designation ETA 205.914. [citation needed] Movement calibers: [citation needed] 204.901 (small 8.75 lignes used primarily in women's watches) 204.911 (replacement for the 204.901 upgrading from a capacitor to a rechargeable battery)