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Intricate Timekeeping Terms Revealed
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Across
  • 1. Action of sounding the hour on bells
  • 2. Support holding a pendulum in place
  • 5. Decorative plate around a clock’s winding hole
  • 8. Precision clock designed for accuracy
  • 10. Type of escapement shaped like a boat’s device
  • 11. Interlocking wheels transferring motion inside a clock
  • 13. Regular tick-tock interval in a clock’s movement
  • 14. Term referring to the escapement’s function
Down
  • 3. Face of a clock showing the time
  • 4. Mechanism that advances the gear train intermittently
  • 6. Weighted swinging rod regulating clocks
  • 7. Coiled spring providing power in mechanical clocks
  • 9. Specific model or design of a clock movement
  • 12. Oscillating part controlling time in watches
  • 15. Tool or knob to tighten the mainspring
  • 16. Sound produced by bells marking the hour
  • 17. Base holding the clock’s internal parts together

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