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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Component record · Train

Warning Wheel

Partially verified

Striking train wheel

What it does

Prepares the strike mechanism

How it works

Evolution

Part of the 'warning' phase

Known variations

    Identification for collectors

      Common failure modes

      • Bent pin

      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.