pin-lever watch

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• pin-lev|er watch — or pin lev|er clock «PIHN LEHV uhr, LEE vuhr», a timepiece having all or most of its holes fitted with metals in place of jewels. Pin lever watches and clocks are less reliable and durable and less costly than jeweled timepieces …   Useful english dictionary

• pin-lev|er clock — pin lev|er watch or pin lev|er clock «PIHN LEHV uhr, LEE vuhr», a timepiece having all or most of its holes fitted with metals in place of jewels. Pin lever watches and clocks are less reliable and durable and less costly than jeweled timepieces …   Useful english dictionary

• Pin-pallet escapement — 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 …   Wikipedia

• Lever escapement — The lever escapement is a key component of the typical movement found in most mechanical wristwatches, pocket watches and many small mechanical non pendulum clocks. The invention of the lever escapement is attributed to Thomas Mudge, and its… …   Wikipedia

• Watch — For other uses, see Watch (disambiguation). Early wrist watch by Waltham, worn by soldiers in World War I (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 47 3352) A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in …   Wikipedia

• watch — /woch/, v.i. 1. to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed. 2. to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually fol. by for): to watch for a …   Universalium

• Mechanical watch — The movement of a Russian watch A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a mechanical mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to modern quartz watches which function electronically. It is driven by a spring (called a mainspring) which …   Wikipedia

• Pocket watch — This article is about the portable timepiece. For the Dave Grohl album, see Pocketwatch (album). A gold pocket watch with hunter case and watch chain …   Wikipedia

• Automatic watch — An automatic or self winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer s arm, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self winding.… …   Wikipedia

• guard pin — noun : a pin in a lever escapement watch set into the pallet fork for preventing accidental unlocking of the escapement * * * Horol. (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pallet fork — The pallet fork or pallet lever is an integral component of the lever escapement of a typical mechanical watch. [cite web last = Odets first = Walt authorlink = coauthors = title = The Anchor Escapement work = The Horologium publisher =… …   Wikipedia