Venus 52
Description
The Venus 52 is an ellipse-shaped ladies’ watch movement with a swiss pallet lever escapement and 15 rubies.
Video on YouTubeIt is a direct relative to the Venus calibers 51 to 54.
These kind of form movements were only used for a short peroid of time.
motion works
The gear construction is a very typical one. The ring balance is probably still be made of bimetal, the two cuts which allow the expanding of the half-wheels is already missing; there’s only a lookalike small cutoff on top of the balance ring.
side view of the motion works
The balance is not yet shock protected and beats with contemporarily slow 18000 A/h.
main plate
On the Venus 52, the bearing rubis are of high quality. You see this on the fact, that they are not flat, but contain small oil reservoirs which protect the axles.
Venus 52: Dial side
This movement has got a yoke winding system. It’s setting lever spring has got a characteristical cutout in a quad shape.
Technical data
| Manufacturer: | Venus |
| Caliber: | 52 |
| Size: | 6 1/2''' (measured: 14,7 x 25,0mm) |
| A/h: | 18000 |
| Number of jewels: | 15 |
| Escapement: | Pallet lever |
| Balance types: |
bimetallic screw balance |
| Shock protection(s): |
none |
| Balance bearing / direction hairspring: | Clockwise |
| Moveable stud: | no |
| Adjust mechanism: | Long regulator arm |
| Construction: |
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| Winding mechanism: | yoke winding system |
| Setting lever spring: | 3 hole(s) |
| References: |
Ebauches: 1928 Flume: 1947 128 |
Usage gallery
unmarked ladies' watch