Refactoring Adventures: Building a Movement from the Ground Up!

It took some serious tinkering (and a few dozen rebuilds of the train of wheels!), but I finally found a smoother approach—first setting up the wheel positions, then handling the joints, and finally rotating (or folding) the wheels into place. This way feels way more intuitive!

I also revisited the gear ratios in the train of wheels. Now, the hour wheel fits perfectly with the center wheel pinion—such a satisfying click when it all aligns! And yes, I've finally added the seconds hand to complete the time-telling trio.

The case got a makeover too! It now wraps comfortably around the wrist instead of just sitting there like a flat disc. A little curve really makes it come to life on the wrist.

Next up, it's time to add the pinions to the wheels and get those jewels in place—so exciting! And after that? The bridges! Can't wait to see it all come together!

I gotta give a shoutout to Alberto Sicco, Charles Fontaimpe from generaleressorts.com, I had a pretty bad mistake in the mainspring barrel, thanks to his comment I could fix it!

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