Overview of high frequency watches and calibres - contributions highly welcome
KMII
For some reason I have gotten bitten by the frenetic sound and the romantic promise of high frequency watches - i.e. those beating faster than 28.800 vph.
I started my journey in the topic with my Eterna Sevenday Fastbeat, which got joined by the Grand Seiko SBGH035 soon after and the Elprimero powered P15 more recently. One more joined in the meantime - on which more shortly.
I was wondering if there was a good overview of which manufacturers used or use hi frequency movements (book or thread form)? If not I would find it quite exciting compiling something of the sort here 
So, the ones I know of so far:
- A. Dunhill (5Hz, EP)
- AP (6Hz, Cal. 2908)
- AS (5Hz, Cal. 1852, 1854, 1855, 1920)
- Bettlach (5Hz, Cal. 8040)
- Blancpain (5Hz, F385)
- Breguet (10Hz, 589F, 574DR)
- Buren (5Hz, Cal. 82)
- Carl F. Bucherer (5Hz, ETA2824)
- Citizen (5Hz, Cal. 7230, 6Hz, Cal. 5800)
- Chopard (8Hz, Cal. 01.09-L)
- Cyma (5Hz, AS1852, ETA2732)
- Czapek (5Hz, Vaucher SXH3)
- Daniel Roth (5Hz, EP)
- De Bethune (5Hz, DB28MC CHR)
- Doxa (5Hz, Cal. 72, AS1855, ETA2732)
- Ebel (5Hz, 215, AS1920, Cal 134, Cal 136 (EP Cal. 3019PHC, Cal. 40.0, Cal 400))
- Eberhard (5Hz, Cal. 257)
- Ernest Borel (5Hz)
- Eterna (5Hz, Cal. 2732)
- Excelsior Park (5Hz)
- Favre-Leuba (5Hz, FL1164)
- Felca (5Hz, Cal. 4177)
- GP (5Hz, Gyromatic Cal. 30, 32, 42.1, 42.4 440, 444, 444-427)
- Hamilton (5Hz, AS1920)
- Longines (5Hz, Ultrachron Cal. 430, 431, 432, 433, 6952, 6972)
- Lucien Piccard (5Hz, AS1920)
- Mido (5Hz, Cal. 1157, ETA2837)
- Minerva (50Hz, Cal. 42)
- Montblanc (50Hz but only for chronograph, not the movement, MB M66-25 & MB M66.26)
- Movado (5Hz, Cal. 405, 408, 3019PHC)
- Orient (5Hz, 12,5 Ligne)
- Panerai (5Hz, EP)
- Parmigiani Fleurier (5Hz, Cal. 400Z, 14Hz, Senfine - prototype)
- Piaget (5Hz, 4P, 6N, 6P1)
- Seiko (5Hz (5740C, 614x, 615x, 618x, 452x, 458x, 8800, 9S85, 9S86) & 6Hz in Credor GBBX998, and up to 16Hz on chronometric trial Cal. 52, 8Hz in the King Seiko 49999 (not serially produced) & 50Hz in Cal. 8941 (10 minute stopwatch))
- Synchron (5Hz, AS1855)
- TAG Heuer (5Hz, Cal. 36 (EP), 6Hz (Grand Carrera Pendulum - prototype only) and 50Hz for chronograph, Cal. 360)
- Technos (5Hz, ETA2734)
- Titoni (5Hz, ETA2832)
- UN (5Hz, NB11QU, based on ETA2826)
- Zenith (5Hz, El Primero, 15Hz, Defy Lab, 18 Hz for Cal. 9100 and 50Hz for chronograph)
- XiangYiang (5Hz, SD2)
- Zodiac (5Hz, Cal. 88, 86)
Here is a list of ETA Hi-Beat movements in addition (some seen above, for others still looking for watches that used them):
- 1510, 1536, 2732, 2734, 2738, 2806, 2807, 2812, 2813, 2817, 2819, 2823, 2826 (not to be confused with 2826-2, which is not Hi-Beat), 2827, 2832, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2850, 2878.
There are others that made use of the ElPrimero movement, too.
But what else am I missing? Any ideas on sources or additional brands / watches highly welcome!
Thanks in advance 
Comments:
cazalea October 26th, 2017-12:40
Rolex used El Primero I guess we should define high-beat ourselves, or should we use the Mfr's terminology? You are calling watches that are faster than 28,800 High Beat, yet Seiko used the term Hi-Beat quite loosely in some instances, when they moved from 21,600 to 28,800. I ...
KMII October 26th, 2017-12:43
That's a fabulous idea :) Rolex did use an El Primero but in a de-tuned, 28,800 vph version. And yes, I am talking about faster than 28,800 Seiko was not the only one to use the term in this way, JLC for instance did, too
Ron_W October 26th, 2017-13:28
The Parmigiani Senfine? Not yet marketed i think ? Longines Calibre 431 ? One of the first was the 1935 introduction by Minerva of a 360,000 A/h movement, Calibre number 42. This allowed the sweep second hand to complete one sweep each second with 1/100 second precision. (from watch-wiki.net ) This will make an impressive l...
KMII October 26th, 2017-13:32
Thought of the Senfine... But it's still in prototype stage, like the new Zenith Defy Lab, IIRC. Thanks a lot! Added the Longines in the meantime and the Minerva will follow 👍🏻
Alkiro1 October 26th, 2017-12:40
Interesting my friend The AP is the Jules Audemars Chronometer with AP escapement. I found the Buren Calibre 82 (5 Hz) Best wishes Alkiro
KMII October 26th, 2017-12:44
Thanks Alkiro! Do you know of any others, too? You seem to shoot such things from the hip
Alkiro1 October 26th, 2017-12:49
Well, I’ll try to find more of them 😉 Best wishes Alkiro
nomadgiles October 26th, 2017-13:50
Here are 3: All very different and based on AS cal's, as also used with FL & Eberharfor. The UN was based on ETA as your Eterna. Piaget & Movado also did high beats - but not sure if in house. Citizen & Orient too - a Seiko link? Felca also had a standalo...
KMII October 26th, 2017-14:09
Thanks a lot! Will add them. Movado was El Primero, IIRC? And three wonderful specimen you have! 👌🏻
KMII October 26th, 2017-14:21
OK... Seems that the 3019 was EP, the 405 and 408 were not
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