The Practical Watch Escapement

by George Daniels and George Daniels

One of George Daniels's central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. Having observed that the dominant lever escapement begins to change its rate after a year or two - a disturbance 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085667687X
• ISBN13: 9780856676871
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 10.5"