Archive for the 'Gravity Escapement' Category

Double three-legged gravity escapement

Now that is a mouth full !
The more I learn about tower clocks, the more I think they make up longs winded mixed-language labels just to mess with people and make them feel dumb. The whole thing is a mish-mash of colonial English, French, and German. I haven’t found any Italian parts yet but [...]

Come Together - a little closer now

In my post “Come Together, Right Now” I glossed over some of the gravity escapement. This caused a comment/question to be submitted …
There’s a fan-looking like assembly to the left of the escapement assembly.. Is that an air governor to slow the speed of the strike train or is its purpose to cushion the action [...]

Reassembly Begins

I am on the home stretch of the clock restoration. I still have the pendulum and drive weight to paint but the weather may have other ideas. I also have some touch-up painting on a bracket as well as the new escapement stand.