Noah Pomeroy Strip Deadbeat Clock Escapement

[twogunz3083]

I have a Pomeroy cluck cast iron front facing the movement looks to be all brass stamped Noah Pomeroy Bristol Connecticut. made in 1845 I think. I have the original key and it still runs although I have not allowed it to do so .

I can never find any info on its pedigree and or values

[carcano38]

Great video, great because no music was added and we could hear it the ticking.

[clockguy2]

I should think this is another form of a half-deadbeat escapement since the entrance pallet is capable of recoil. The verge on my Noah Pomeroy clock must be a replacement since it has no oddly shaped entrance pallet.

Thanks for the nice videos.

[phoenixshade3]

What makes this a semi-deadbeat, as opposed to just a deadbeat? I don't see any recoil happening here at all (unlike your Seth Thomas semi-deadbeat, which clearly recoils on alternate ticks).

[Clockhistory]

Your are correct - I should have called it deadbeat instead of semi-deadbeat. As you noticed, later forms of this escapement do have a small amount of recoil, but this early version, with the specially shaped impulse face on the entrance pallet, has no visible recoil. (it could have slight recoil if the pendulum is given an extra large swing, but normally, as in this video, no recoil is visible). Thanks for correcting me! I will update the text.

[sooth15]

I hear an Ave Maria clock!

[Clockhistory]

The Ave Maria you hear is a new Hermle battery operated chime clock.