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Brand: | Valjoux | 
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| Height: | 7.90 mm | ||
| Jewels: | 18 | ||
| Reserve: | 32 hours | ||
| Frequency: | 18,000 A/h | ||
| Winding: | Hand winding | ||
| Diameter: | 39.30 mm (17.675 ligne) | ||
| Complications: | 2-Button, 6-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph, Split Seconds Chronograph | ||
| Hands: | 30 Minute Chronograph Hand at 3:00, Central Hour Hand, Central Minute Hand, Central Split Second Chronograph Hand, Small Seconds Hand at 9:00 | ||
| Distinguishing Technical Characteristics | |||||||||||
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 Hand-Winding  Clockwise Balance Cock  6-Column Chronograph |
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| Production: 1945 – | |||||||||||
| 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
Valjoux Cal. 55 VBR is a pocket watch column wheel chronograph movement. Introduced around 1945, it was produced at least through the 1940s. It featured a six-column wheel to control the chronograph function. The chronograph used a central seconds hand with split seconds a 30 minute counter. It was a two-pusher design with the split seconds pusher inside the crown.
This is a “lépine” pocketwatch movement, with the small seconds placed on the same axis as the winding crown. In a pocketwatch, this would place the small seconds at 6:00 with the winding crown at 12:00. The image above would show its placement in a wristwatch, with the winding crown at 3:00 and the small seconds at 9:00.
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- Cal. 55 VBR – Rattrapante
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