Talk:Escapement
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Remove the impostor animation!
Shouldn't the escape wheel turn counter-clockwise in the animation? The way it is drawn shows the recieving pallet on the left, and the discharge pallet on the right.
[edit] Magnetic escapement
There should be a section on magnetic escapement, used principally and for many years in watches of the tuning-fork type.
Clifford magnetic escapement: http://p098.ezboard.com/fhorofindfrm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic
Elgin magnetic escapement: http://p098.ezboard.com/fhorofindfrm13.showMessage?topicID=3.topic
--Wfaxon 06:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lever escapement
Under 'anchor escapement', it says "The anchor escapement is the immediate ancestor of the escapements used in nearly all modern mechanical wristwatches." Unfortunately, the article does not tell us which escapement is actually used in nearly all modern mechanical wristwatches... Can someone add this? --Wws 02:43, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Removed that sentence since the anchor escapement is only distantly related to the lever escapement. I quickly added very brief comments on the lever, chronometer and cylinder escapements. Wrs1864 03:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)