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overcoil
[oh-ver-koil]
noun
Horology.
a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
a hairspring having such a fixed end.
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Breguet has come up with a technique to bend silicon in a way that echoes the form of its original “Breguet overcoil” spring, conceived in 1795.
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