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balance
The device that regulates the movement of a mechanical watch. It is a statically balanced wheel which, by oscillating, regularizes the energy coming through the gear train. The precision of a watch depends on a properly functioning balance.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Timepieces
- Category: Watches
- Company: TAG Heuer
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Creator
- Rolf Gleim
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