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Valjoux 61 VBB

Last Update: June 24, 2019

Brand:Valjoux
Family:
Valjoux 26 Family
Height:6.70 mm
Jewels:
Reserve: hours
Frequency:18,000 A/h
Winding:Hand winding
Diameter:39.30 mm (17 ligne)
  Complications:6-Column Chronograph, Chronograph, Column Wheel Chronograph, Monopusher 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
Hand-Winding
Clockwise Balance Cock
6-Column Chronograph
Balance
Balance at 12:00
Column Wheel
Column Wheel at 7:30
Production: 1932 – 1963
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Valjoux Cal. 61 VBB is a pocket watch column wheel chronograph movement. Introduced around 1932, it was produced through the 1963. It featured a six-column wheel to control the chronograph function. The chronograph used a central seconds hand with a 30 minute counter.

This was a mono-pusher design, with the chronograph controlled by a pushbutton located coaxially inside the crown. This single button starts, stops, and resets the chronograph timer in order.

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. 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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