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Invented by a Dane called Bahne Bonniksen at the beginning of the 20th century, the karrusel is a mechanism that rotates relatively slowly to average errors in the vertical position.
Unlike a tourbillon (where the carriage forms part of the train), in a karrusel the escapement is
mounted on a revolving platform, or carousel, driven separately by the train. It is possible to
disconnect the drive from the platform so that it will not rotate. The escapement will still run,
although the watch will no longer keep time.
Carousel watches do not have a fixed wheel. The escape pinion in a carousel watch is driven
in the normal manner by the fourth wheel. A rotating platform, carrying the complete escapement and balance assembly,is arranged to rotate concentrically around the fourth wheel, driven by a wheel screwed to the underside.This wheel generally engages the third pinion directly,and the platform slowly rotates in the same direction as the fourth wheel.The combined rotation causes an epicyclical effect which must be taken into account when calculating the vibrations per hour of a carousel watch.
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