Hand-guided working implement with an electric motor and with a control circuit for the electric motor, - wherein the electric motor drives a tool via a gear mechanism, - and the rotary movement of the electric motor is converted into an oscillating movement of the tool via the gear mechanism, - and with an electric circuit comprising at least the electric motor and a switch (25, 26, 27, 35, 36, 37, 38) of operating the electric motor in a direction of rotation, - wherein a control unit for operating the electric motor in one of two directions of rotation is provided in the control circuit, - wherein the control unit autonomously determines a selected direction of rotation of the electric motor for a next operating cycle (B n) as a function of a control variable, - and wherein at the start of the electric motor, the electric motor is started in the direction of rotation assigned to a value of the control variable, - and wherein the value of the control variable for a following operating cycle (B n+x) is determined autonomously, characterised in that - the value of the control variable is determined anew as a function of a comparison of the running time (t R) of the electric motor in the one direction of rotation and the running time (t L) of the electric motor in the other direction of rotation, - for which purpose the running time (t R) of the clockwise rotating electric motor is added up in a first summing element, - and the running time (t L) of the anticlockwise rotating electric motor is added up in a second summing element, - and the output signals of the first and the second summing element (41, 42) are fed to a comparator, - and the comparator outputs the value of the control variable as an output signal. - wherein the electric motor drives a tool via a gear mechanism, - and the rotary movement of the electric motor is converted into an oscillating movement of the tool via the gear mechanism, - and with an electric circuit comprising at least the electric motor and a switch (25, 26, 27, 35, 36, 37, 38) of operating the electric motor in a direction of rotation, - wherein a control unit for operating the electric motor in one of two directions of rotation is provided in the control circuit, - wherein the control unit autonomously determines a selected direction of rotation of the electric motor for a next operating cycle (B n) as a function of a control variable, - and wherein at the start of the electric motor, the electric motor is started in the direction of rotation assigned to a value of the control variable, - and wherein the value of the control variable for a following operating cycle (B n+x) is determined autonomously, - the value of the control variable is determined anew as a function of a comparison of the running time (t R) of the electric motor in the one direction of rotation and the running time (t L) of the electric motor in the other direction of rotation, - for which purpose the running time (t R) of the clockwise rotating electric motor is added up in a first summing element, - and the running time (t L) of the anticlockwise rotating electric motor is added up in a second summing element, - and the output signals of the first and the second summing element (41, 42) are fed to a comparator, - and the comparator outputs the value of the control variable as an output signal.