Venus 179

	Brand:	Venus
	Family:	Venus 175 Family
	Height:	7.1 mm
	Jewels:	26
	Reserve:	49 hours
	Frequency:	18,000 A/h
	Winding:	Hand winding
	Diameter:	31.6 mm
Panerai Radiomir Split Seconds PAM00047	Complications:	2-Button, 7-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 7-Column Chronograph Balance, Balance at 1:30, Column Wheel, Column Wheel at 5:00
Production: 1947 – 1960
1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s

Venus Cal. 179 is part of the Venus 175 family of movements. It is a hand-winding column wheel chronograph movement. Similar to the base Venus 175/176, it adds a split-second function. The dial features a 3-9 subdial arrangement.

Cal. 179 was introduced around 1947, substantially modified in 1949, and retired around 1960. Some sources place the introduction of this movement at 1940 or 1941.

Applications

Cal. 179 was recently used by Panerai in their Radiomir Chrono Split Seconds, PAM00047.

Paul Picot used Cal. 179 as the basis for their Grande Complication in the 1990s. They used original components on a modern base and added a Glucydur balance, Breguet hairspring, and goose-neck regulator, along with a power reserve function, the first automatic split-seconds chronograph movement to feature this complication. The result was Cal. PP310, made in limited quantities starting in 1993.

Venus 175 Family

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