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Brand: | Venus | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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 | |||||||||||
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![]() Hand-Winding ![]() Clockwise Balance Cock ![]() 7-Column Chronograph |
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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
Complications | Standard | Split Seconds |
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Base | Venus 175 Venus 176 | Venus 179 |
Hour Counter | Venus 178 | Venus 185 |
Date, Hour Counter | Venus 183 | Venus 189 |
Date, Moon Phase, Hour Counter | Venus 184 | Venus 190 |
Calendar | Venus 194 | |
Calendar, Moon Phase | Venus 198 | Venus 205 |
Calendar, Hour Counter | Venus 192 | Venus 193 |