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	[title] Removing the platform escapement
+	[* icon_note] The platform escapement is a horizontal platform straddling the front and back plates and attached by four screws. It was clearly visible with its oscillating balance wheel through the top glass before you removed the case.
+	[* icon_note] Notice how an arbour and pinion descend below the platform. The pinion engages with the contrate wheel, the final wheel in the gear train.
+	[* black] With a small screwdriver, loosen the screws until you can lift the platform off.
	[* icon_caution] The platform escapement is delicate. Put it aside somewhere save when you remove it and don't attempt to disassemble it - that's a job for a watchmaker!
-	[* icon_note] The platform escapement is a horizontal platform straddling the front and back plates and attached by four screws. It was clearly visible with its oscillating balance wheel through the top glass of the case before you removed it.
-	[* icon_note] Notice how a spindle (an arbour in clockmaking terms) descends below the platform. There is a small gear at the bottom (a pinion to clockmakers) which engages with a crown-shaped gear below (the contrate wheel - larger gears are known as wheels).
-	[* black] With a small screwdriver, loosen the screws until you can lift the platform off.
	[* icon_note] If you can leave the screws in their screwholes, so much the better. It will make it easier to replace the platform escapement as these screws are quite small.