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https://watchesbysjx.com/2021/05/rolex-chronergy-analysis.html
It's a bit more complicated than that, Kenji Abe filed the patent but was too late to further develop his work at Seiko (it was at the end of the 70's when the observatory trials were no longer held) and Seiko still uses conventional sizes for it's pallets and club teeth today (it's all about geometry). But he did some important research on the matter that was later picked up by the two guys that are responsible for the Chronergy escapement.
>His findings seemingly forgotten, Abe doubtlessly embarked on his research as part of Seiko’s quest to beat the Swiss at precision mechanical timekeeping. Ironically, Abe’s approach appears to have been recently rediscovered by the Swiss, reemerging in the work of Raphael Cettour-Baron and Alexandre Chiuve at Rolex.
>The escapement invented by the duo has been brought to market as part of Chronergy. Citing Abe’s work, Cettour-Baron and Chiuve experimented with escapement components manufactured with modern technology, rediscovering and adapting the benefits of Abe’s research. The pair have also reaped the advantages of high-frame rate imaging and computer-supported dynamic analysis in their development of the escapement.