How a Mechanical Watch Actually Works
A mechanical watch stores energy in a coiled mainspring, releases it through an escapement controlled by a pallet fork, and regulates timing via a balance wheel and hairspring oscillating 3–6 times per second. Every tick you hear is the pallet fork releasing one beat of the gear train. The whole system depends on the physical properties of metals — elasticity, inertia, tensile strength — keeping time within 2 seconds per day.
