remontoir

British

/ ˌrɛmənˈtwɑː /

noun

any of various devices used in watches, clocks, etc, to compensate for errors arising from the changes in the force driving the escapement

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Etymology

Origin of remontoir

C19: from French: winding mechanism, from remonter to wind; see _remount

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Hooke, the contemporary of Newton, gave it the balance-wheel, with the spiral spring, and various escapements in succession were devised, such as the anchor, the dead-beat, the duplex, the remontoir.

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