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has gloss | eng: A Roskopf, pin-lever, or pin-pallet escapement is an inexpensive, less accurate version of the lever escapement, used in mechanical alarm clocks, kitchen timers, mantel clocks and, until the 1970s, cheap watches now known as pin lever watches. It was patented by German watchmaker Georges Frederic Roskopf in 1867, although the idea was conceived by French watchmaker Louis Perron in 1798, reinvented and patented by Louis-Gabriel Brocot in 1823, and suggested to Roskopf by Jules Grossmann. |
lexicalization | eng: Pin pallet escapement |
lexicalization | eng: Pin-pallet escapement |
instance of | (noun) mechanical device that regulates movement escapement |
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