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Mechanical clocks are very reliable but will always need a mechanism to regulate the speed of the clock.  Most notably and visually, that is accomplished with the use of a pendulum.  Most people will recognize the familiar long wood or lyre pendulum on grandfather and wall clocks.  Contemporary mechanical mantel clocks, however, use a different mechanism to regulate the speed of the clock.  Most commonly, the regulation is accomplished with the use of a balance wheel.  M …