QObject with QTimer moved to QThread - QTimer::timeout() not processed until wait()

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Hi guys!
I have the following problem:
1. I want get thread doing some work and update the label in the main thread every second.
2. I got it working subclassing QThread bu according to some sources it is not a good way.
3. I decided to subclass a QObject (MyObject) with internal QTimer* _myTimer, and doWork() function with an internal loop, This object is after construction moved to newly created QThread* _thread.

My problem is that _myTimer's timeout() signal which is connected to tick() slot of the _myObject, is not executed after _thread->start(). tick() is executed only after doing _thread->wait(). Both the tick() slot and myTimer exist in the myThread so i do not know what is the problem. It seems like there is no event loop in myThread.

Here is my code:

class MyObject : QObject
    {
    Q_OBJECT
    public:
    MyObject(QObject *parent=0);
 
    public slots:
    void tick();
    void doWork();
 
    private:
    QTimer* _myTimer;
    };
 
    void MyObject::doWork()
    {
     _myTimer = new QTimer(this);
    _myTimer->setInterval(1000);
     connect(_myTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(tick())/*,Qt::DirectConnection*/);
    _myTimer->start() 
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "doWork()";
    while(..)
    {
      ...
    }
    }    
 
    void MyObject::tick()
    {
    emit tickSignalToGUI(..);
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "tick()";
    }
 
    // and somewhere in GUI thread
(...)
    _thread = new QThread(this);
    _myObject = new MyObject(); /
    _myObject->moveToThread(_thread);
    _thread->start();
   // _myObject->doWork(); //this blocks execution
    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(_myObject,"doWork");
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "GUI thread";
(...)

class MyObject : QObject
    {
    Q_OBJECT
    public:
    MyObject(QObject *parent=0);
     
    public slots:
    void tick();
    void doWork();

    private:
    QTimer* _myTimer;
    };

    void MyObject::doWork()
    {
     _myTimer = new QTimer(this);
    _myTimer->setInterval(1000);
     connect(_myTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(tick())/*,Qt::DirectConnection*/);
    _myTimer->start() 
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "doWork()";
    while(..)
    {
      ...
    }
    }    
    
    void MyObject::tick()
    {
    emit tickSignalToGUI(..);
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "tick()";
    }
     
    // and somewhere in GUI thread
(...)
    _thread = new QThread(this);
    _myObject = new MyObject(); /
    _myObject->moveToThread(_thread);
    _thread->start();
   // _myObject->doWork(); //this blocks execution
    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(_myObject,"doWork");
    qDebug() << QThread::currentThreadId() << "GUI thread";
(...)

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Any ideas what is wrong with this approach?

best regards,