WatchOS Complication data from ObservableObject not updating

Question

In the Complication for my WatchOS app I show 2 variables:

• Date
• Counter (start value = 1)

The Complication has to be updated when a user manually updates the counter variable by clicking on a button. Currently I am using WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: "Complications") from my App to update the Timeline.

The date variable is updating correctly, but my counter value stays at 1. While it actually is 4 for example.

Here is the code for the class holding the counter:

class ExampleSettings: ObservableObject{
    @Published var testCounter = 1
}

This is the Widget:

@main
struct Complications: Widget {
    
    let kind: String = "Complications"

    var body: some WidgetConfiguration {
        IntentConfiguration(kind: kind, intent: ConfigurationIntent.self, provider: Provider()) { entry in
            ComplicationsEntryView(entry: entry)
        }
        .configurationDisplayName("Example Widget")
        .description("Example widget.")
    }
}

The Widget view:

struct ComplicationsEntryView : View {
    
    var entry: Provider.Entry
    
    var body: some View {
        
        VStack{
            Text(entry.date, style: .time)
            Text("\(entry.counterData)")
        }
    }
}

The TimelineEntry:

struct SimpleEntry: TimelineEntry {
    let date: Date
    let configuration: ConfigurationIntent
    let counterData: Int
}

And finally the TimelineProvider:

struct Provider: IntentTimelineProvider {
    func getTimeline(for configuration: ConfigurationIntent, in context: Context, completion: @escaping (Timeline<SimpleEntry>) -> ()) {
        let currentCount = ExampleSettings().testCounter
        let entry = SimpleEntry(date: Date(), configuration: configuration, counterData: currentCount)
        let timeline = Timeline(entries: [entry], policy: .atEnd)
        completion(timeline)
    }
}

I suspect the problem is with the way I am currently calling let currentCount = ExampleSettings().testCounter (part of TimelineProvider), tried a lot of options but just don't get it to work unfortunately. So I am looking for a way to retrieve the current value of the @Published var testCounter = 1 within the Provider.