Which navigation error grows excessively when a ship's chronometer experiences irregular escapement behavior?

💡 Explanation

When a marine chronometer has irregular escapement, inconsistent timekeeping occurs because the balance wheel's oscillation intervals vary, accumulating as longitude error over time. Therefore, longitudinal error grows, rather than course deviation, latitude error, or speed miscalculation, which stem from different mechanisms like magnetic fields or estimated distances.

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