A Brief History Of Escapement Development
The escapement is a fascinating and very important horological invention. While its function can seem complex, it can be better understood through a simple experiment: imagine you have a coiled spring in your hand. Compress it with your other hand and quickly release it. All of the spring’s energy is released immediately without control. Now repeat the experiment. This time use a finger to let one coil of the spring release at a time. Energy is being released in a controlled manner and your finger is acting as an escapement. New manufacturing techniques and materials have opened up intriguing possibilities for escapement development. Examining the development of the escapement gives us a deeper understanding of horological history. In a watch, the escapement distributes a small amount of energy from the mainspring. The mainspring is a large spring that is given power when you wind the watch’s crown, or by an automatic winding system. Note that the mainspring i

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