AMERICAN CAM LOBE ESCAPEMENT

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It has been eight years since my ex partner Weiru Shao and I co invented the American Cam Lobe Escapement; Mr Shao is no longer with us; The American Cam Lobe Escapement is comprised of an escape wheel with radial lobes and a pallet fork with round jewels; the idea is that these are low friction contact surfaces; the second assertion is that by virtue of a rolling system we eliminate the need for lock and recoil; thus resulting in a longer mainspring run time; Made in America; Made in Connecticut;

the escapement system will plug into any watch that uses a Swiss Lever Escapement; 

My invention was stalled for lack of funding but also for lack of a practical way to manufacture the parts; LIGA technology is currently the way we will electroform print these parts using additive manufacturing; I am happy to share that my patent is secure and I am in the process of applying for a second utility patent. 

NWC Watch Company LLC now has a Tormach 1100MX CNC milling machine with a 12 ATC tool changer and a 4th Axis cutter; The Tormach will cut and shape 10 watch cases at a time; operations include shaping, drilling, tapping, gasket seat grooving and machining profiles for the watches saphire crystal seat and internal bores for the Swiss movement. We also have a WW2 era Moore 1.5 manual jig boring machine for precise jeweling bores to 1 millionth of an inch; We also utilize two Sherline milling machines for shaping jubilee links for our rose gold bracelets; The final rendition of our 40mm rose gold case will have an engine turned bezel; machined on site from solid 14k rose gold. Our current studio includes HEPA clean dial making rooms with a kiln, dial printer and optical comparator. A second CNC machine is dedicated to custom engraving of watch movement bridges and watch dials; 

and Naugamatic Watch Manufacturing