The solid tub machines did that. Our neighbor's 1960 model did that. With the solid tub machines, the suds floated over the top of the tub so it did not stay to make suds cakes like in the V-12 models where it had nowhere to go except out around the lid. GE did that by keeping the motor running through the water level switch through the first spin. When the water level switch reset because the water level in the outer tub dropped enough to cause the reset, it interrupted the spin. The timer motor,  kept running and advanced the timer into the rest of spin without going through the water level switch.