Riefler escapement

noun

A mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.

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Meanings

nounRiefler escapement (plural Riefler escapements)

plural Riefler escapements

  1. A mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.

Origin

Invented by Sigmund Riefler in 1889.

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Riefler escapement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riefler%20escapement

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