Washing timer with soaking function

The invention includes a case, an escapement balance wheel, a timing spindle, a soaking cam, a main can, a head sheave, a change gear train, a slave movable contact spring, a master movable contact spring, a soaking lever and a main control lever. There is a slide-limited mechanism between main control lever and escapement balance wheel. In the case there is an elastic component that is located under the escapement balance wheel. The slave movable contact spring, master movable contact spring, soaking cam, main cam, soaking lever and main control lever are all located above the escapement balance wheel. The lower end face of one end of main control lever had a post extending downward. The one end of escapement balance wheel has a through hole, and the post extending from main control lever passes through the through hole and permanently contacts with the elastic component around it. The post keeps untouched state with the inner wall of the through hole.