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Pawl Lever

Partially verified

Y-shaped lever

What it does

Pulls and pushes to wind mainspring

How it works

Evolution

Part of Pellaton system

Known variations

    Identification for collectors

      Common failure modes

      • Wear at tips

      Diagram

      top plate or bridgespillar platebalance and cockwheel train between the plates
      Schematic: plate and bridge layout. 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.