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remontoir

remontoire

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

Word Origin for remontoir

C19: from French: winding mechanism, from remonter to wind; see remount
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Historical Examples of remontoir

  • Requires no fly nor remontoir, and thus reduces the weight of the motive power by one half.

    Time and Time-Tellers

    James W. Benson

  • Every time the plate tips, the hands are moved a little just like the remontoir clock already described.

  • Figure 30 gives the movement of a remontoir clock in which the dead beat shown is used.