Watch Beat Rate Comparison 18,000, 21,600, 25,200, 28,800, 36,000, & Spring Drive (120 FPS)

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I think we all remember our first mechanical watch and marveling at the smooth sweep of the seconds hand. But how much do we really know about how that sweep takes place? In this video, we'll do a deep dive into beat rate or frequency, the source of the sweep, explaining the pros and cons of faster and slower beat rates while also exploring what's going on mechanically behind the dial. To illustrate the point, we will compare slow motion, 120 frames-per-second shots of watches representing the most common beat rates out there on the market as well as Grand Seiko's Spring Drive.
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0:00 - Intro and Overview
1:15 - Watch Beat Rate/Frequency Explained
4:46 - Pros and Cons of Faster & Slower Frequencies
7:05 - Overview of Featured Watches
8:07 - 18,000 VPH
9:47 - 21,600 VPH
10:36 - 25,200 VPH
11:59 - 28,800 VPH
12:36 - 36,000 VPH
13:21 - Grand Seiko Spring Drive
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[@NWA_1919]

Spring drive is on another level. One of the biggest innovations in watchmaking. Hats off to Seiko.

[@geno816]

I just bought a snowflake. It was so light in my hands. And it looked beautiful. Had to have it.

[@apoorvsaxena3886]

It's too costly for the general public

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

I literally might sell my gold day date for a titanium spring drive watch. And then have to get a new gold tone watch that's worth handing down.

[@Bear18533]

@@apoorvsaxena3886 it’s not made for the general public. 🤦🤦

[@apoorvsaxena3886]

@@Bear18533 but they should,even we like spring drive watches

[@dannymartial7997]

Spring Drive is in a league of it's own. It's perfectly smooth. The most perfect representation of the continuous flow of time.

[@marioluigi9599]

What's in a league of its own is Grand Seiko's High Beat 36000 with 80 hours power reserve. That's much more advanced technology than the old spring drive. They had to reinvent the escapement to even make something like that work. The spring drive is more faithful to how time flows in reality. However, the High Beat discretely measures out each fraction of a second individually. The spring drive just ensures a generally accurate sweep across a second, kept precise by quartz vibrations. So the high beat has a tighter focus on moments of time and with that power reserve, it blows everyone else out the water. I just wish it had a small extra dial to show each tenth of a second being measured out clearly.

[@josco93]

Awesome vid! Just wanted to offer up a quick tip: Hz is always pronounced “Hertz”, whether it’s one Hertz, 3.5 Hertz, or 100,000 Hertz. There isn’t a “singular” version cause it’s actually the name of a scientist. But keep up the good work! Love the channel.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Literally this. Hertz was someone's name (Heinrich's, to be precise.) ... there is no 'hert'.

[@luism6213]

Teddy Bulbasaur keeping his game sharp, hitting us with that razor leaf 🍃 👍💯

[@TeddyBaldassarre]

Have been getting Pokémon jokes my entire life haha

[@nintendokings]

Teddy Bulbasaur smokes that leaf to get the HIGHEST of beat rates

[@TheRausing1]

@@nintendokings bruh 😂

[@vgcamara]

Makes an awesome video about the mechanics of watch movements, comments to make a pokemon joke about his surname 🤷‍♂️

[@Andrew.W75]

@The Once and Future King! Bendydick Cabbagepatch is better

[@GS_Superman]

The best video made so far re: beat rates on KZbin, especially for non-watch makers. This highlights how great of an innovation the co-axial movement by George Daniel was to reduce the friction. I think one other item to note is the new 9SA5 movement from Grand Seiko that has a hi-beat 36K vph with 80 hours power reserve, more specifically the dual impulse escapement that supposedly reduce friction rates materially with the direct and indirect interaction, lessening service intervals. Not sure how this will perform long-term but if it does as advertised, I think it's up there with the co-axial as far as innovation...I guess only time will tell (pun intended).

[@kresls]

My King Seiko 45-7001 from 1972 with 36000 bph is just so smooth and satisfying to look at.

[@jimt7292]

that's impressive!

[@Andrew.W75]

Not as impressive as my 4502-7000 from 1968! Only joking they're both great!

[@adams733]

Amazing video. Thanks for taking the time to create this! Love the video comparison side by side shots

[@KabobHope]

This is an amazing video and one I will come back to again and again, Teddy, and one I imagine others will refer to for years to come explaining the various beatrates that give us that smooth (or not-so-smooth) sweep we love in mechanicals. It's great how you break it down so anyone can understand and the macros and sped up vids are an achievement. Thank you.

[@americoordaz6339]

Definitely loving these types of videos. As a somebody who’s still relatively new to watch collecting, these videos are very informative and help in choosing a new watch. There’s just so many specs within a watch that even newer people to this hobby have no idea what they mean and it’s just so helpful having them broken down in supérate videos dedicated to the subject

[@Insta-PICXPRESS]

Teddy this new series of videos are really good. I have been sharing this with my new enthusiasts friends. Its a good revision for all.

[@MrFloRolf]

Another great video Teddy! Amazing to see all the different beat rates side by side to be able to actually make out the difference.

[@andresfelipefrancomunoz9210]

Thank you Teddy! I've always had the doubd about beat rate and the importance of it, really well explained!

[@jodysilvia2]

Great job explaining beat rate Teddy.

[@andreaiacolina]

This is why yours has been the first watch channel I started to follow years ago and it's still my favorite. Teddy #1!

[@AirplanesLuxury]

Same here!

[@ncavis]

Teddy, Jodi, Jory, and TGV are responsible for my collection. That…and my Apple Watch broke a few years ago.

[@Ryan-cv9me]

I’m a big fan of the technical videos! Don’t mind the length either, as I always watch these all the way through. Thanks for the great content!

[@andrewhaynes2448]

Definitely one of the best videos you've done so far Teddy. Thank you

[@TheOakleyGuy15]

Awesome topic, production, and visuals as always. Good work sir 👌🏼

[@txng]

Very informative video as always! Thanks Teddy!

[@larryfishkind5387]

Thanks Teddy Your channel has taken me from a complete newbie on watches to someone experienced I can’t thank you enough I love your channel I love watches and I’ve learned so much from you thank you

[@tonyboros712]

Top notch video Teddy! Thank you.

[@teacherhelp1374]

Your knowledge and videography keep getting more and more impressive. Keep up the great work.

[@shinji6999]

Man your videos are so helpful!! Thank you so much for all the videos up there please keep them coming 🙏

[@aclambert8581]

The one we've been waiting for. 💯 Thanks Teddy. 🙏

[@markdd2142]

I am always impressed with your detailed knowledge on watches and your ability to break things down into something I can understand.

[@tristandauod]

Great list. Interesting information and well-presented, as always!

[@williamhill7312]

Excellent video, love the content oriented videos you produce, Great!

[@MrKkramme]

Another very excellent posting. Thanks!🙏 ❤

[@sumanthachark]

Thank you for this video Teddy!!

[@Holy6601]

Your info videos are always insightful, i probably learn all my horology related knowledge from your channel.

[@thp94001]

Thank you Teddy. This is a wealth of knowledge. Great video. Happy Easter.

[@TeddyBaldassarre]

Happy Easter to you!

[@daytonarol3x]

Great video I need to watch this a few times, but you explain this very well

[@123mgarten]

Another great video, Teddy. My passion for watches has grown in direct proportion to viewing your videos!

[@HeathFrancis]

brilliant content!! I'm 12 months into my watch collecting journey. But this is the content every enthusiast needs

[@alipalocilesta]

One of your best vids, very educational, greetings from Italy !

[@daniellondon6310]

Excellent video. I like when you do videos like this one or the one about the different automatic movement companies.

[@tanorr1]

Teddy has super informative videos about watches. This is another. I've been interested in watches since I was a kid, and I always learn from his videos.🙂

[@RoyalH3iR]

Great video! You should review the new Frederique Constant 40HZ (288,000 vph) watch! Crazy technology!

[@kevinruffner5575]

Fantastic video! A great presentation and I feel much more informed. I have been into watches for about 5 years and when I see VPH I always tell myself I’ll learn about it another time. Now I have a general understanding, thanks man.

[@briangamson324]

This is some really interesting content.. Keep up the awesome videos Teddy!!

[@NeilNatic]

So helpful! Definitely didn't understand this previously!

[@gm2353]

Thanks for another great video happy Easter Teddy

[@kamminsan]

Great stuff and well explained for simple layman like me. My horology knowledge has improved because of channels like yours. Well done and thank you.

[@etebol]

I appreciate the well produced videos.

[@DrNeat]

Great informative video Teddy. Love the content.

[@comeonman7423]

Thanks Teddy your absolutely smashing it my friend, really wanted to know this. 🙌🏽

[@ketzaqual]

Great content Teddy.

[@panagiotisathanasopoulos]

Loved this video. Good job

[@frankalicea5877]

Very good well made video. Very informative. Thanks a lot. Keep up the great job.

[@5185peguy]

What a good subject to explore. Thank you Teddy.

[@papricep6248]

Love the technical content!

[@clifffordmendes9367]

Teddy great video, joy to watch it.

[@Abdullah1999H]

Thank you Teddy for this value information.

[@ELMS]

I always hit the thumbs up on your videos (even if I don’t agree) because you put in so much effort and great research. It’s always nice to see a new Teddy video.

[@RP-wn6pv]

Great Video. Thx Teddy !

[@graemedicks6938]

Really enjoyed this video, learned a lot! 👌

[@stevecross1725]

Great 👍 video, very informative. It shows you put alot of work into your content..excellent!

[@shaheenevans]

Well done Teddy - appreciate the deep dive into bph !

[@MrSasa23]

Great video Lets try please with more videos like this I mean educational😊 Btw loving the channel and knowledge Teddy is sharing

[@siongheeleong8078]

While I know the various beat rates, how they come about, and the pros and cons, this is good informative content that helps for me to share to those who want to know about watches and their workings. Well done, Terry. Your videos are good reference material for sharing with those new to watches. Keep it coming.

[@ncavis]

Great video Ted. My favorite second sweep comes from Bulova’s accutron or precisionist movements, much like the spring drive, they are very smooth.

[@KabobHope]

Yup. I was scrolling through looking for a shout-out to this movement. Bulova Precisionists are a marvel. I'm waiting for Citizen to do amazing things with it. I know with the current battery and solar cell technology the Eco-Precisionist isn't a possibility, but one can dream, right? Most of the Precisionists seem to be in larger size watches and I wonder if that is attributable to the larger battery needed for that higher beat. The design language of most of the Precisionist line is something polarizing as well. I've briefly owned a couple and the second sweep is mesmerizing.

[@arshag14]

Great video as always Teddy!!

[@denisdaly1708]

Great beat to the video today. Thanks.

[@1018Frankie]

Very nice and informative video, keep the good work my friend!

[@acexl]

Great Video!!! love the breakdown on of the concept + the beautiful footage A+ the gear diagrams at the start were nice too but the connection animation between the different gears could use some work to make it more visually transparent. small nitpick.

[@fnherzog]

Love the intro! Lovely animations!

[@Win5ton67]

Masterful! Thank you.

[@ognyannikolov4752]

Great video, Teddy!

[@justinyancey9571]

Great stuff. Laying it all out in a easy to understand way is awesome. Also want to contribute to the algorithm

[@jakobtonkunaschristensen5703]

First video seen on this aspect, thanks!

[@skchoyee]

Great vid Teddy, very educational.

[@deansusec8745]

Great production value, bro!

[@MrBossmanboss]

This video was very informative and I enjoy your camera work. The zoom clips are very nice quality. Thank you for dressing smart and looking the real deal when explaining all this. I think you have found a nice niche on KZbin for your content. I love automatic movements but I think it would be nice to see other movement options that are affordable = £1k or less. Also I am looking forward to finding out who is the winner of your previous competition. 🤞🤞

[@frankanconia2969]

excellent video. incredibly helpful explanation.

[@johnmcdonagh1607]

Thanks Teddy, nice explanation 👍.

[@perudolux]

Great video and explanation

[@KirksDrumRoom]

Very cool! Thanks for the explanations.

[@claudiocotto5999]

Great and simple explanation. Nice topic

[@tacodias]

I know this is a 2 year video, but thank you Teddy! In one video you show us a family heirloom, watches that your company doesn’t sell and still manage to educate us! 👏 👏 👏

[@marcgirard7551]

Very cool technical video here, Teddy! I'd love to get a high beat Grand Seiko and/or a Spring drive some day.

[@joseperez6613]

Great video, Teddy. Here's one for the algorithm!

[@stefanehmann1854]

Very good and detailed explanation. And just an hour ago I read news about a brandnew 40 HZ caliber from Fréderique Constant. Amazing invention.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Great explanation 👍

[@theonlyredspecial]

Happy Easter ted thanks for this 🤘🏻

[@TeddyBaldassarre]

Happy Easter! Thanks for watching

[@michaelfierman3256]

Flexing you guys videography skills 💪🏻 great episode

[@MegaLucifer1981]

Great Work Teddy. Didn't know about the co-axial movement (seen it on OMEGA dials). Greetings from beautiful Greece. Theodore

[@RafaelDominguez81]

Awesome video, bravo! It would be great if you could also relate to the number of jewels in the movements. Cheers✌

[@jimt7292]

Thanks Teddy!

[@dzenanbeslic8241]

Great content yet again, keep it uo Teddy! Man, I can’t stop looking at GS sweeping second hand. Teddy, I have a question, what do you think about GS SBGA299? Also a spring drive movement but with stainless steel (not a Titanium), bracelet with screws, and with lume?

[@jameshoward9700]

Really useful, really well explained.

[@TheKocton]

Man excellent video, I can imagine the time it take to record and match the second hand in all the watches!

[@MrJamesDuffy]

Good overview but don't forget the 5 Hz movements in the vintage Seiko Lord Marvel and Citizen Leopard line!

[@SIOrlove1]

This is a great video. Keep up the great work.

[@TeddyBaldassarre]

Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@KrisSays]

I enjoyed. Thank you.

[@silverstaralchemist]

Didn't have anything to say, just commenting for the algorithm. 🙌🏼 Keep up the great work, Teddy.

[@TeddyBaldassarre]

Appreciate it Ryan! It does help!

[@carlobighouse5434]

Yuuup! Nice work Teddy. Thanks for the breakdown

[@kevinwagner9934]

Good job Teddy. Happy Easter 🐣 to you and Courtney. 😷🇨🇦

[@Rayashi]

I know it's quartz but a tiny mention about Bulova Precisionist would be interesting :)

[@TheCannonRoar]

Second that!

[@KabobHope]

It's an amazing movement, isn't it?

[@Rayashi]

@@KabobHope definitely. I wonder if Bulova is the only manufacturer with this type of movement.

[@kerala117]

Teddy should in the 57000 bph for the Bulova movt

[@chomar97]

I was specifically looking for this comment.

[@user-dy2lr8uh8f]

Very interesting vid Teddy, you mention your show your Grandfather's Hamilton, it would be great to hear about your own journey into Horologly and maybe some stories behind watches you or your family members owned. Keep up the great content.

[@mikefortney7879]

Another good video. Tons of info.

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

Thanks for this VERY informative video. As you mentioned, the smooth sweep of the second hand is a definite attraction of a mechanical watch, and is what drew me back to mechanical watches, as opposed to the jerk of a quartz watch's second hand.

[@devinpowers4368]

Already knew this about watches, I just enjoy his video's. 👍