Inspiration for it comes from Clayton Boyer's "Electra" Which you can see on Youtube.
This design is yet to be finalized, but won't be too far away.
Essentially it is a gearless type clock. A lot of clocks tend to work like this, when there is no weight drive in the chain. But in saying that, you could just use the red toothed wheel to be able to get the movement from the pendulum, and use 2 gear ratios to drive the minute and hour wheel, like a traditional weight driven clock.. The gears would probably introduce more friction though, which would directly impact on the pendulums momentum.
Come to think of it, I think I might change the design and do away with the little catch that swings on the pendulum. Instead I might use a countwheel, to close the electrical contacts. I think it might be less intrusive to the pendulums swing.
I'll keep you up to date!
cheers
rosco
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