"What about this?" Grace asked, catching his attention once more. "What if I help you figure out what"s wrong with it, so that you can get one step closer to fixing it?""Hmm," thought Stephen. "That"s not a bad idea." He scooted closer to her, holding open the back panel of the watch.
"Generally, they are simple enough to understand despite all the parts inside. For example, winding the watch provides all the energy needed to make it run. That energy starts in the mainspring, right here. It"s then transferred to the gear train, which is what moves the hands on the face of the watch. Generally there are about four different gears within the train, but one of those also drives the escapement mechanism, which is determines how quickly the wheel spins."
He pointed out each piece as Grace looked at it, instructing her on the larger mechanics of why it worked together.
"Now, winding it should usually get the gear train running, but it"s not. And I can"t quite see in this lighting if something is wrong."
"Perhaps I can," offered Grace, holding out her hand for further inspection. Stephen held the watch over to her, and let her examine close up.
"It"s kind of hard to tell with the lighting," he smiled.
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"Did you forget that I"m a super powerful genie?" She looked over at him and winked.
Stephen just chuckled while Grace continued to examine. After about a minute, she looked over at him, before handing the watch back over, "Should this part of the gear train be unattached?"
"Unattached?" He asked in confusion.
"Mhmm, this part." She used the tip of a pen to indicate the precise part of the one of the gear train that had come off, and out of alignment with the others. "If that part isn"t connected, it"s probably why the energy from the mainspring isn"t being transferred."
"Grace, you"re a genius!" Stephen clapped excitedly, before giving her a long, deep kiss.
It was her turn for blus.h.i.+ng, and her cheeks turned rosy red at the unexpected compliment, "All in a day"s work, I suppose," she giggled, humbly.