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Horology atelier. An escapement beating a true 4 Hz.
About the work
A watchmaker's atelier whose movement is drawn, not photographed: a canvas gear train and Swiss-lever escapement running at a genuine 4 hertz — eight beats per second, the frequency of a fine mechanical caliber — with a live beat counter to prove it.
How it was made
The escapement geometry came from movement diagrams, and the rate is verifiable — the counter exists so a watchmaker can check the site's honesty. Iteration went to the impulse motion of the pallet fork, which is what makes the tick read as mechanical.
Like every work in the exhibition, it passed three full iteration passes — a visual critique, a deepening pass, and a QA pass at 390px with reduced motion and zero console errors — and documents itself in its own build guide.
Key features
- Gear train drawn and meshed procedurally on canvas
- Swiss-lever escapement animated at a true 4Hz
- Live beat counter verifying the rate on screen
- Guilloché-inspired ornament, restrained to the dial
Technology
- Canvas 2D
- Kinematics
- Horological accuracy
In its own light
