Definition of crown wheel
: a crown gear of light construction: such as
a : the crown-shaped horizontal escape wheel of a verge escapement timepiece
b : a contrate wheel in the winding mechanism of a watch that drives the ratchet wheel and is itself driven by the winding-stem pinion
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