Escapement
Anchor (recoil) escapement
How it works
An anchor-shaped pallet arbor engages the escape wheel; the wheel recoils slightly at each tick.
Why it was invented
Allowed small pendulum swings and long pendulums, enabling the longcase clock.
- Invented
- c. 1657–1670
- Credited to
- Attributed to Robert Hooke or William Clement (disputed)
- Period
- Early Modern Horology
- Related
- Verge escapement