Organic Escapement #5

This weight driven wooden escapement uses an internal or planetary gear to get the desired reverse motion of the pallets. The ratio’s have to be correct to get exact “temposymmetrical“ motion. Besides this single-pivot model several two pivotpoint escapements can be made. Beceause of the single pivot I had to make double layers. The frame only hangs on one screw, this way the escapement can be easily tuned by slightly rotating the whole model. The pendulum is driven by the internal gear with a pin which mo