counterpotence

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noun

A stud with a horizontally pierced hole that sits near the underside of the top plate of a watch and secures the follower of the pivot held by the potence.

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Meanings

nouncounterpotence (plural counterpotences)

plural counterpotences

  1. A stud with a horizontally pierced hole that sits near the underside of the top plate of a watch and secures the follower of the pivot held by the potence.

    This will allow the complete counterpotence, pivoted at its part (38), to be lifted and swung out

    1981, Chilton's Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, page 102
    1 more example

    […] wheel turns with one end in a branch c of the potence I, and the other in the counterpotence J.

    1868, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining and Engineering, volume 1, page 859

Origin

From counter- + potence.

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