The Practical Watch Escapement - George Daniels

The Practical Watch Escapement

By: George Daniels

Hardcover | 23 November 2016 | Edition Number 1

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One of George Daniels' central contributions to horology was his co-axial escapement. Having observed that the dominant lever escapement begins to change its rate after a year or two-a disturbance undoubtedly caused by the sliding action of the impulse elements of the escapement - Daniels set about developing a mechanism that avoided this problem. The result of his efforts was the co-axial escapement, a mechanism in which he sought to combine the strengths and eliminate the deficiencies of coexisting watch escapements, the lever escapement foremost among them.

First devised in 1977, today it remains largely the same as fitted in watches of Daniels' own manufacture, as well as those of several wrist-watch manufactures. This book explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layperson, and is accompanied by a series of detailed line drawings.

Since the adoption (and launch in 1999) of the Daniels so-axial escapement by the Swiss watchmakers Omega, there has indeed been a notable and renewed interest in the mechanical watch and the fascinating area of escapements.

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