I was reading the latest edition of the AWCI’s Horological Times, which has an article on the latest Rolex escapement. Pretty nifty stuff, and might solve some lever escapement issues.

The article refers “Le Echappement Naturel” by the great Breguet as a starting point, and look at that Wikipedia page - isn’t it awesome what people could build over two-hundred years go, before the industrial revolution took hold?

And also, I wonder. Breguet gave up because manufacturing tolerances weren’t there for this escapement. How would it fare today?