First high-frequency stopwatch
- Who
- Les Ateliers Louis Moinet SA
- What
- 1816 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Switzerland (Saint-Blaise)
- When
- 01 October 2020
The first high-frequency stopwatch was produced in 1816 and achieved by Louis Moinet (France) and is now owned by Les Ateliers Louis Moinet (Switzerland), as verified in Saint-Blaise, Switzerland, on 1 October 2020
The Compteur De Tierces - as the stopwatch is called - beats at 216,000 vibrations an hour, 60 vibrations per second. The stopwatch also holds another Guinness World Record for the first chronograph.