pin levern.
/ˈpɪn liːvə/, U.S. /ˈpɪn ˌlɛvər/, /ˈpɪn ˌlivər/ A lever with one or more projecting metal pins; (Watchmaking and Clockmaking) a pin pallet escapement; a watch having such an escapement (cf. pin pallet n.). Frequently attributive.
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1908 Times 23 Dec. 3/2 The two levers..exert a force upon the brake blocks 25 times as great as that exerted upon the lever handle, as compared with the multiple of 18 to be obtained from the ordinary pin lever.
1946 in D. de Carle Pract. Watch Repairing (front matter) (advt.) The new pin lever—seven jewels.
1962 E. Bruton Dict. Clocks & Watches (1963) 131 Pin Lever, alternative name for a pin-pallet watch.
1962 Which? June 165/1 In many cheaper watches, there is a pin-pallet (or pin lever) type of escapement, in which the pallets are hardened steel pins instead of jewels.
1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 11 May i. 6 Exports of pin-lever watches..continued their long-term downward trend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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