Beat Rate. Do you care?

[Ichiran]

Originally Posted by unknown

The slower the better ... more relaxing and a joy to look at

But it's not something that would decide if I buy a certain watch or not.

This certainly

[saxo3]

Originally Posted by Easy E

What then would be the key difference? Power reserve difference I would think has other contributing elements, more important than rate. Like number of barrels as an example. Life expectancy, or wear and tear seems an impossible thing for a commoner such as myself to measure.

The thread title (Beat Rate. Do you care?) and some of the replies do not encourage a meaningful technical discussion how to measure the effect of different beat rate movements.

"Not cast your pearls before swine".

[Cru Jones]

Hmmm…. The second hand is even smoother with a Spring Drive. ;-)