Clock and watch escapements in which the pallet axis is set at right angles to the axis of the escape wheel; probably the earliest type of escapement and now obsolete.
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crown wheel escapements
crown-wheel escapements
escapements, crown wheel
escapements, crown-wheel
escapements, verge
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