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[Discussion] Looking for a watch with a seconds dial on it that does a whole rotation once per second or quicker. (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by ConnectHelicopter53@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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I’m not sure what these watches are called. I forget which watch I saw but I saw one that does an entire rotation once every 1/6th of a second, and found the constantly busy activity and movement of the dial to be really pretty. I’m looking to obtain one that has a similar constant movement.

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[–] MyNameIsVigil@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Some quartz chronographs can display fractions of a second.

[–] abnormal_human@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Many JLC Duometre models have a split second register that rotates once per second.

[–] an0therexcidium@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Zenith Defy El Primero 21 can do that. The problem is, with a hand this fast, the power reserve gets emptied within a very short time.

[–] Accomplished-Ad-5655@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I believe the term you're looking for is foudroyante

That mechanism has a small hand make one revolution each second, divided by the frequency of the balance.

Foudroyante watches are pretty rare and uncommon.

Something similar is the Zenith Defy which has a small seconds hand make one revolution every 10 seconds.

[–] lmmo1977@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Like this Zenith Defy Skyline?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CfrRTSBUxQ8

[–] e4gleeye@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Bulova Lunar Pilot have the 1/10th subdial do 1 rotation per second if you start the chrono function.