Horological Meandering

KC74
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Nice comparison of 36,000 vph and as low as 18,000 vph..

My apologies as i was confused between Hertz and Vibrations and rather or has been thinking in terms of vibrations per hour (vph).  1 Hz=1 Vibration.  Anyways, my thoughts are for watchmakers not to compete or show their strength or prowess through producing high frequency watches rather than to invest in the materials used in the Balance Spring and the Balance wheel as these two important parts of a watch movement must be durable and must possess constant elasticity throughout the next 50 years or as long as the watch is in our possession.  Moreover, i believe, a movement with a larger diameter Balance Wheel can ensure better accuracy, imo.  The independents should invest in the materials used.  The simpler the construction of a watch caliber is, less headache and possibly better accuracy.  A high frequency needs to be supported with other elements as the wear and tear for a high frequency watch is far greater than that beating at 18,000 or 21,600 vph.  A simple enamel dial with blued Breguet hands with a simpler calibre beating at low frequencies housed in a nice white gold, platinum case is just as attractive as one beating at 10 Hz, imo.