striking train

My neighbour, the watchmaker, compared him to a clock with the striking-train run down, and the works rusty beyond repair.

The hammer is raised by the eight pins in the rim of the second wheel in the striking train, in the manner which is obvious.

It is a fly, meeting with an equable resistance as does the fly in the striking train of a clock.

Pardon my ignorance,” laughed Penny, “but what in the world is the striking train?

This leads to a striking train of reflection upon the whole episode.