====== Venus 179 ======
The [[Venus]] calibres **179**, **185**, and **190** are [[chronograph]] movements from the 1940's and 1950's.

These were high-quality calibres, with [[Rattrapante]] sweep seconds operated with a button located co-axially in the crown. The two calibres are very similar, both being [[hand winding]] chronographs with [[Breguet spiral]] springs and [[Glucydur]] balance sized at a large 14 [[ligne]]. Venus Calibre 179 features only a minute counter dial, while Venus Calibre 185 has both minute and hour counter dials. The Venus 179/185/190 family was closely related to the plain, non-Pattrapante [[Venus 175]] family.

These movements were well regarded in their time and have occasionally surfaced since then. Notably, a small quantity of 179 and 185 calibres were discovered in the 1990's and these were used in extremely limited series of watches from [[Girard Perregaux]], [[Ulysse Nardin]], [[Panerai]] and [[Parmigiani]] around the year 2000. Parmigiani at least added [[Incabloc]] shock protection with two more jewels.

===== Variants =====
  * 179 - split second, minute counter
  * 185 - split second, minute, hour counter
  * 190 - split second, minute, hour counter, date, moon phase


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**Description:**
  * [[Hand winding]] [[pillar wheel]] [[chronograph]]
  * [[Glucydur]] [[balance wheel]]
  * [[Breguet spiral]] [[mainspring]]

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes
  * [[Small seconds]] at 9 00
  * [[Rattrapante]] sweep seconds
  * 30-minutes counter, 12-hours counter

**Data:**
  * 14 [[ligne]]s
  * D 31.6 mm, H 8.2 mm
  * 19 [[jewels]]
  * 18,000 A/h
  * Power reserve 44h

**Production period:**
  * 1940's to 1950's
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