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2. Pin-pallet escapement - Wikipedia

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   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 was popularized by German watchmaker Georges Frederic Roskopf in its "proletarian watch" from 1867 ...

3. Pallet fork - Wikipedia

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   To reduce friction, the pallets are made of precisely shaped pieces of ruby jewel. The pallet which the teeth first contact is called the entry pallet, while the other one is called the exit pallet. Under the fork there is a projecting guard pin which passes through a notch in a separate safety roller disk on the balance shaft. In normal ...

4. Safety pin - Wikipedia

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   A safety pin. A ribbon and badge attached to a school cap with safety pins. A safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. . The clasp forms a closed loop to properly fasten the pin to whatever it is applied to and covers the end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp poi

5. Lever escapement - Wikipedia

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   In the pin pallet escapement, these two faces are designed into the shape of the escape wheel teeth instead, eliminating complicated adjustments. The pins are located symmetrically on the lever, making beat adjustment simpler. Watches that used these escapements were called pin lever watches, and have been superseded by cheap quartz watches.

6. Elgin National Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   The company built the Elgin National Watch Company Observatory in 1910 to maintain scientifically precise times in their watches. The company produced many of the self-winding wristwatch movements made in the United States, beginning with the 607 and 618 calibers (which were bumper wind) and the calibers 760 and 761 (30 and 27 jewels respectively).

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8. Ingersoll Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   These watches were made until the late 1920s, after the American parent company had collapsed. Ingersoll bought the Trenton Watch Company in 1908, and the bankrupt New England Watch Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, for $76,000 on November 25, 1914. [2] By 1916, the company was producing 16,000 watches per day in 10 models.

9. Miley Cyrus Is a Golden Goddess in Safety Pin Dress at the ...

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   Miley Cyrus showed up to the 66th Annual Grammy Awards after receiving a whopping six nominations. Cyrus, 31, looked striking in a gold safety pin dress by Maison Margiela at the Sunday, February ...