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Minerva 19/3

Last Update: December 16, 2022

Brand:Minerva
Family:
Unknown
Height:5.45 mm
Jewels:15
Reserve: hours
Frequency:18,000 A/h
Winding:Hand winding
Diameter:42.15 mm (19 ligne)
  Complications:
Hands:Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand
Distinguishing Technical Characteristics
Hand-Winding
Clockwise Balance Cock
Balance at 12:00
Barrel at 7:30
Production:  – 
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Cal. 3 is a stem winding and setting open-faced pocket watch movement produced by Robert Frères (later called Minerva) from the early 1900s through the 1940s. It was their first stem-set movement and marked a significant advance for them.

Cal. 3 spawned a range of related pocket watch movements:

Cal. 19/3Open face pocket watch
Cal. 19/9Open face pocket watch
Cal. 19/27Open face pocket watch
Cal. 19/9 CHCrown operated chronograph
Cal. 19/10Pusher operated chronograph
Cal. 19/11Pusher operated split seconds chronograph



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