What time is it? Watches and horology

Dunno, you’d think there must be, especially on YouTube. I’ll have a look later.

It’s not that complicated (a coiled mainspring unwinds, driving a gear train that moves the hands at the appropriate relative gearing) apart from the escapement and balance wheel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paletteankerhemmung.gif

The power from the mainspring is coming through the escapement wheel at the bottom. As it turns it hits the “pallet” jewel bit on the lever which pushes the balance wheel (connected to the top part, like this) and the escapement wheel then gets locked in place by the other arm of the lever. When the balance wheel swings back the other way (thanks to the balance spring coiling and uncoiling) it knocks the lever back again and allows the escapement wheel to unwind a step, at which point it knocks the lever forward again, etc.

So the escapement wheel is transferring power to keep the balance oscillating and the inherent oscillation rate of the balance wheel and spring is what controls the rate of the escapement wheel progressing.

The more consistent you can make the balance wheel/spring oscillation, the more accurate the movement.

Dunno if that makes sense?

Also:

Not how hacking works. Minutes would continue but not seconds.

That's not how hacking works either. The entire movement is stopped by applying a brake to the balance wheel. The minutes/hours don't continue to run.