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Tic-tac escapement
A form of anchor escapement in which the anchor only spans one to three teeth of the escape wheel. It is fitted to French drum clocks with short pendulums swinging through a large arc. Sometimes one pallet is formed to give frictional rest only, all the lift being on the other pallet.
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