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Brand: | Valjoux | 
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| Family: |
Unknown
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| Height: | 6.4 mm | ||
| Jewels: | 17 | ||
| Reserve: | 40 hours | ||
| Frequency: | 18,000 A/h | ||
| Winding: | Hand winding | ||
| Diameter: | 31.3 mm (14 ligne) | ||
| Valjoux Cal. 22 | Complications: | 2-Button, 9-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph | |
| Hands: | 30 Minute Chronograph Hand at 3:00, Central 60 Second Chronograph Hand, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Small Seconds Hand at 9:00 | ||
| Distinguishing Technical Characteristics | |||||||||||
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 Hand-Winding  Clockwise Balance Cock  9-Column Chronograph |
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| Production: 1914 – 1966 | |||||||||||
| 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
Valjoux Cal. 22 is a column wheel chronograph movement. First introduced as a monopusher in 1914, it was simply called Calibre 15”’. It was updated with dual pushers, perhaps as early as 1936, and refreshed in 1947 and produced through 1966.
- Cal. 15”’ – 1914-1928
- Cal. 22 – 1928-1966
- Cal. 22 GH – 1928- 30- or 45-minute counter, mono or duo pusher
- Cal. 22 GHT – 1928-1974 – 14.25”’, 30- or 45-minute counter, mono or duo pusher
- Cal. 71 – 30 minute counter, 12 hour counter
- Cal. 84 – 30- or 45-minute counter, mono-rattrapante
- Cal. 222 – 30-minute counter, flyback
- Alpina used Cal. 22 as their Cal. 942/943
- Eterna used Cal. 22 as their Cal. 703
- Heuer used Cal. 22 as their Cal. 347
- Invicta used Cal. 22 as their Cal. 60
- Marvin used Cal. 22 as their Cal. 730
- Vacheron Constantin used the Valjoux 22 base for their calibre VZ 434 from 1938 through 1950
- Zeiss used Cal. 22 as their Cal. MBK 1000
