Valjoux 8 KL

	Brand:	Valjoux
	Family:	Unknown
	Height:	7.6 mm
	Jewels:	15, 17
	Reserve:	32 hours
	Frequency:	18,000 A/h
	Winding:	Hand winding
	Diameter:	42.1 mm (19 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
Production: 1910 –
1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s

Valjoux Cal. 8 KL is a pocket watch column wheel chronograph movement. Introduced around 1910, it was updated around 1945. It featured a six-column wheel to control the chronograph function. The chronograph used a central seconds hand with a 30 minute counter. It was a single-pusher design.

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.