Gallet Chronograph – Venus 150 Service

After cleansing the motion parts laid out. Even a easy chronograph has many extra components than a time solely watch.The fundamental motion have to be first assembled, checked and examined to make sure it’s operating correctly earlier than the chronograph parts could be fitted. For that reason a chronograph watch has extra restore phases than an ordinary watch motion.The Venus 150 has a considerably distinctive prepare format. The scale of the third wheel dimension is so massive that it must be organized in an odd method with the intermediate wheel sitting on a type of shelf.One other considerably distinctive characteristic of the Venus 150 is that a few of the chronograph parts are mounted to a further plate which is screwed to the barrel bridge. In most chronograph actions have the parts mounted on to the bridge.A clamshell case was an early type of ‘waterproofing’. A grub screw in every lug pushes the caseback into the case entrance, making use of a clamping drive between the crystal and a flat rubber washer.