Breguet

Take a look at Breguet's silicon Detent Escapement mounted in La Tradition movement (1:36 - 3:41). This film comes from official Breguet YouTube channel.

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Gaspard

Is Breguet's 'new' detent escapement somewhat similar to the co-axial technology escapement (or maybe I read somewhere that the co-axial is a type of detent escapement)?  That gearing looks similar.  And Swatch owns Breguet and Omega and uses co-axial...anyway, just wondering!  Maybe I've been staring at the see-through back of my Seamaster with a 2500C too much!  Thanks for the great video, very interesting and awesome. =:^D

They are totally different. Co-Axial is double-impulse escapement, where one impulse is direct and one impulse is indirect.
Breguet's construction is single-impulse direct escapement, similar to Audemars Piguet Escapement and Urban Jurgensen Detent Escapement.
Detent escapement is regarded as one which deliver the greatest timekeeping accuracy.

I had heard that Dr. George Daniels considers the detent escapement to be the best and most elegant of all escapements, but the co-axial uses less lube and is more accurate (?).  I'll have to break out my notes on escapements and re-read.  Fascinating! =:^D

Is a sensitivity to shock. If you hit it at the wrong time in the cycle, it can unlock the escapement wheel entirely and skip ahead. I think the issue is one of direction, in a lever or a coaxial, the locking can happen with the escapement lever moving in either direction, but in a detente, move it too far in one direction and it unlocks entirely.

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