Reverse coup perdu correction index wheel

Note the inconsistencies in the rotation of the wheel shown by the arrows. This wheel used to be the output for the seconds hand. This is now buffered by the spiral spring (within circle), allowing the indexing seconds count wheel to accurately display jump seconds from the former erratic two seconds output wheel caused by the remontoire reloading cycle. By creating this indexing wheel and spiral spring buffer we have achieved two goals: First was to have a reliable seconds hand output. However, before this change the pendulums as they are designed have a two second period (4 second cycle) meaning that the second hand, even if not erratic, would jump every two seconds. However, the feedback from the remontoire reloading cycle was also causing the hand to act erratically, floating, even skipping a second or going backwards! Not an acceptable situation. The spiral spring and what looks like an escapement wheel, but is actually an indexing wheel, is now the output for the seconds hand achievin
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