Variability in the escape wheel of a French mantel clock

The graph below shows the performance of a Japy Frere marble mantel clock. This escape wheel is not very eccentric but shows large variations between each tooth. The variability of rate with each rotation of this escape wheel is 3.6 hours per day! You can see the repeating pattern of tooth spacing in this graph, which shows about four complete rotations.

 

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