The following movements represent important technical advances.
- AS 1130 (a basic but legendary movement still serving as the basis of modern designs)
- AS 1250 (one of the first automatic movements, uni-directional with bumper system)
- Buren 1280 (one of the first movements with micro-rotor, thinner than 3mm)
- Citizen Super Jet (one of the first movements with peripheral rotor)
- Eterna 1249U (one of the first automatic movements with a rotor with ball bearings)
- Felsa Bidynator (one of the first automatic movements with bi-directional winding)
- Piaget 9P (2mm ultra-thin movement)
- Universal Genève 215 (one of the first movements in micro-rotor, was found in the Polerouter)