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crown wheel

The correct spelling is crown wheel.

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noun

Say it like: Cro-wn -whee-l

The correct spelling is crown wheel. In watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet-wheel on the barrel-arbor used to wind-up the watch, r…

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noun

  1. 1.In watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet-wheel on the barrel-arbor used to wind-up the watch, respectively, to set the time.

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