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Metadata
Object Name |
Model, Patent |
Catalog Number |
86.19.1 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Other Name |
Escapement Model |
Date |
1978 |
Description |
c. 1978 - Beeler Verite's Constant This is Verite's Constant Force Escapement, made in 1978. The design for this complicated escapement was originated by Verite of Beauvais as an improvement to the one he exhibited at the 1839 Paris Exposition. The pendulum is impulsed by the falling of weights on the crossarm. "May 10, 1977 Completed by Fred A Beeler, Kalamaoo Mi" |
Maker |
Fred A. Beeler |
Place of Origin |
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |