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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Component record · Regulation

Suspension Spring

Partially verified

Very thin steel strip

What it does

Allows pendulum to swing with minimal friction

How it works

Evolution

Easily damaged during transport

Known variations

    Identification for collectors

      Common failure modes

      • Kinking

      Diagram

      escape wheelpallets and leveroscillator
      Schematic: escapement arrangement. An outline schematic drawn to show the arrangement of the parts discussed here. It is not a dimensioned working drawing and does not depict a particular maker's calibre.

      Sources & references

      1. de Carle, D., Practical Watch Repairing
      2. de Carle, D., Watch and Clock Encyclopedia
      3. Daniels, G., Watchmaking

      Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.