clock pendulum
Grandfather's rhythmic weight
A clock pendulum is the weighted rod that swings back and forth to regulate a clock's timekeeping.
The pendulum's steady oscillation controls the movement of the gears, with each swing allowing the mechanism to advance by a precise increment.
Pendulum clocks dominated timekeeping for centuries before quartz and digital movements.
The grandfather clock's pendulum had stopped swinging.
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