Book 3 Escapements: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series offers help in the subject area clock repairers constantly request. Listen to the ticking of a clock, and you are hearing the escapement at work. As the heart of the timing mechanism, the escapement includes a special wheel, a pallet unit, and either a pendulum or hairspring balance. A defect in the escapement stops a clock or makes it a poor timekeeper. All too often, repairers who are unsure...