Brittens says this fellow Sam Smith made "several of these" and pateneted them in 1812. I have not seen one ever. Called a "Vertical 5 toothed escapement"
Odd duck ticks one second like a dead seconds chronograph.
Very cool. The balance cock has a five spoked kind of design too.
Weird. On the auction blcok next week.
Jeff
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