Horological Meandering

I think I know about watches, until I realize I really probably don't. (Lets keep that our little secret) Here's my question: does a manual or automatic watch with a seconds hand move like a quartz watch with the "jumps" so short it is hard to see with th... 

Rolex Tru Beat 6556: Jaeger Lecoultre Geophysic True Second. Universal Time ( with True Second ) Among others! But with moves so short you cannot see it, well, afaik, no. Best, Nicolas ...  

18,000 bph - very jerky central or small seconds hand. 21,600 bph - still jerky. 28,800 bph - reasonable smooth central seconds hand. 36,000 bph - my El Primero movement small seconds hand imperceptibly smooth. Who cares?! It's a heart beat! But generally... 

At 18,000 BPH it "ticks" 5 times per second so if you look close you can easily see it "jump" those 5 steps every second, at least with a full sized second hand -- not as easy to see with a small sub-second hand. At 21,600 BPH, it ticks 6 times per second... 

Smooth as glass and very satisfying to watch the clean sweep of the seconds hand.

Bulova Accutron 214 movement from the 1960's. The tuning fork vibrates at 360 Hz. The index wheel and pawl turn that vibration into a very smooth motion. It appears as an electric wall clock to the naked eye, All the best... HEO ...