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18 Wheel escapement

Just stumbled across the 21600 vph escapement while diving into NIHS standards. Ever tried it? 🤔 Playing around with 15-18-20-24 teeth setups now—feels like a mini adventure! Oh, and polishing up the boot shape has been oddly satisfying. Check out the sketches here: https://thebitcoinwatchmaker.com/post/view/18-wheel-escapement/

You're exploring different options for your watch's escapement, specifically looking at a 21600 vibrations per hour (vph) setup after finding 28800 vph may be too much. You've got setups ready for various tooth escapements and are fine-tuning the design, adding more parameters for customization. The takeaway? You're diving deep into the mechanics to optimize performance and design. 🕰️

21600 vph

After continuing studying NIHS standards, I noticed a vph I was not familiar with... 21600vph Is it good? I dont know, but since the 24 wheel is what I need for the 28800 vph, and according to chatgtp it might be a lot, Im trying other options

The good thing is that I have setups now for 15-18-20-24 teeth escapements.

Also polishing the shape of the boot a bit more

Added a bunch more params to customize the wheel:

sketch

18 tooth with the pallet forks in their angle

sketch

Whole wheel with the stones

sketch

NOSTR:

npub1nvhq9vgkpahlugwcf3jsnpaq5lj3w3rk6lknnvf9r8h8ft2ja2asaqcn2a
npub1nvhq9vgkpahlugwcf3jsnpaq5lj3w3rk6lknnvf9r8h8ft2ja2asaqcn2a
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