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Valjoux 55 VBR

Last Update: June 24, 2019

Brand:Valjoux
Family:
Valjoux 26 Family
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
Hand-Winding
Clockwise Balance Cock
6-Column Chronograph
Balance
Balance at 12:00
Column Wheel
Column Wheel at 6:00
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.

  • Cal. 25 SRV – Rattrapante
  • Cal. 26 – Rattrapante
  • Cal. 54 VB
  • Cal. 55 VBR – Rattrapante
  • Cal. 61 VBB
Images are taken from official publications and are used here for commentary and educational purposes. Copyright is held by the original owner as noted.

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