Hi All,
AndrewD's beautiful escapement shots combined with his comment of about his son asking questions, got me thinking about all the different books that I read when I wanted to understand how a mechanical watch works. Most explanations tend to get too detail oriented and forget about summarizing the principles which can be grasped by a non-engineer or a kid. Until I found this video made in 1949 by Hamilton
J.
PS: If the link has to be deleted just do a Google search on "How a watch works" and this link comes right up.