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<DIV>To Israel and All,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Joe is right. Christofori was at least a
hundred</DIV>
<DIV>years ahead of all others.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> His first action had escapement and a "sort" of </DIV>
<DIV>check. And it did not work very well.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> His second action had a good working escapement</DIV>
<DIV>and a good working check. This check is so
good </DIV>
<DIV>that we use it today.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> As a matter of fact he was one spring away from what</DIV>
<DIV>we use today in having a double escapement.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> You will find both working models in our Museum
now.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I tinkered around with his second action model
and </DIV>
<DIV> by adding one (1) spring it becomes a double
escapement.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I will not have these models in Rochester
however we</DIV>
<DIV>will have "The Hickman." </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The " Hickman" is the only action, to my knowledge, that </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>is truly different from <STRONG>ALL </STRONG>
others.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I built it using original parts. This is
another story.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Sometimes the facts are more interesting
than</DIV>
<DIV>the rumors. This,, is one of those times.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Knowledge is a bankable commodity. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>