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Modello Due U2-AG
Escapement in slow motion

Unimatic · U2-AG

Modello Due U2-AG

The escapement in slow motion

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·21,600 vph·, 3 Hz·, 6 beats a second

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Beat

One tick

167 ms, slowed to 16.7 s9.5 ms of it in the lift

Step through a beat

The impulse pin turns the fork, and its jewel lets the tooth go.

Escapement, in the lexicon

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