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Old October 12th 03, 10:09 AM
Airy R. Bean
 
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Th escapement is part of the going train.

Brian Reay wrote in message
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"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
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Your 5 minutes web search has not revealed the theory
behind the gravity escapement, a form of remontoire,
a means to decouple the pendulum from the going train

One of the fundamental problems in time pieces is the decoupling of the
escapement from the oscillating element- not from the going train.