The Venus 54 is an ellipse-shaped ladies' watch movement with
a swiss pallet lever escapement and 15 rubies.
It is a direct relative to the Venus calibers 51 to 53; the differences between them are
yet unknown.
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 motion works
The balance is not yet shock protected and beats with contenporarily slow 18000 A/h.
main plate
On the Venus 54, 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.
dial side view
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
54
Number of jewels
15
Escapement
Anchor with pallets
Balance
Bimetal screw balance
Shock protection(s)
none
Balance cock direction
clockwise
Hairspring stud
fixed
Regulator type
Long regulator arm
Movement construction
Fork Escapement wheel Fourth wheel, Third wheel, Center wheel Mainspring barrel
