Watchmaker 2

Torsten Becker

About this game

In front of you you find the movement of a wrist watch – disassembled in up to 80 single parts.

Will you manage to assemble them and put it to operation again?

There are two pictures of the movement and two of the dial side – and some little hints and of course the necessery tools.

There are many improvements compared to the Watchmaker app with the pocket watch, among others:

- Movement and dial side are edited
- Portrait and landscape format are supported
- Selecting the parts by simply touching them
- Rotating by two-finger gesture
- Moving from top to bottom by gradually fading out the movement levels one after the other
- Display of several parts in original size in the info texts
- Reducing the size of large work pieces when putting them aside
- Animation of date indication and crown mechanism

Ratings and reviews

I like this app. It is fun to assemble the wrist watch. I believe it is an improvement of the 1st game although that is also good. You no longer have to worry about loosing parts off the table. You now can put down parts by tapping somewhere else, and it is easier to rotate the parts. The only issue I have had is that the larger parts are hard to pick up, especially the barrel bridge (10 mins of taps). I found that you need to tap the very center. I have now gotten the Pro version.

Samsung Note8...You kinda have to figure out how to work the game on your own. I stumbled upon a user manual after a while of not being able to select or move a single piece. I moved two pieces and then could not select or move anything after that. It was as if app had frozen. Uninstalled.

Nice idea, needs playability enhancements. A lot of potential, and could genuinely be educational. But as it stands barely playable. Too cluttered on a small screen. Poor contrast of pieces, hard to see. No way to zoom in. No beginner mode (hints, or dismantle mode to allow you to learn, no guidance regarding parts) A beginner mode could ignore screws, allow snap into position, ignore orientation, etc. More critical than I intend to sound, but it could be good and useful, worth improving

What's new

Thanks to Bill from Connecticut, who drew my attention to a gear that could still be moved even when the complete movement was assembled. Also adaptation to the current API level.