| 1. | The Riefler escape wheel and pallets are of a special design.
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| 2. | Pallet jewels are on the pallet fork and interact with the escape wheel.
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| 3. | Another reason the escape wheel teeth are slanted backward is as a safety measure.
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| 4. | At rest one of the escape wheel teeth will be locked against a pallet.
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| 5. | The escape wheel tooth then imparts its energy on a second roller on the balance staff.
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| 6. | It consisted of a pair of escape wheels on the same axle, with alternating radial teeth.
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| 7. | When the pallet is pushing the escape wheel backwards it is also being driven hard against its stop.
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| 8. | Since the escape wheel turns in only one direction, the balance receives impulse in only one direction.
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| 9. | This causes considerable wear on the lubrication over time and may cause wear on the pallet or escape wheel.
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| 10. | Another later refinement added by Breguet was the reduction in size of the second ( driven ) escape wheel.
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