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[[File:gallet electa liege.jpg|thumb|right|Gallet wins the "Grand Diploma of Honor" at the world famous 1905 Liege exhibition. Produced in Gallet's La Chaux-de-Fonds Electa workshop, the hand-built 18k solid gold Art Nouveau case houses an extra fine 23 ruby manufactured movement, adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures.]] |
[[File:gallet electa liege.jpg|thumb|right|Gallet wins the "Grand Diploma of Honor" at the world famous 1905 Liege exhibition. Produced in Gallet's La Chaux-de-Fonds Electa workshop, the hand-built 18k solid gold Art Nouveau case houses an extra fine 23 ruby manufactured movement, adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures.]] |
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[[File:gallet flying officer 1939.jpg|thumb|right|The Gallet Flying Officer Chronograph (1939), commissioned by Harry S Trumans's senatorial staff for issue to pilots of the US Army Air Force during WWII.]] |
[[File:gallet flying officer 1939.jpg|thumb|right|The Gallet Flying Officer Chronograph (1939), commissioned by Harry S Trumans's senatorial staff for issue to pilots of the US Army Air Force during WWII.]] |
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[[File:flying officer drawing 1938.jpg|thumb|right|Original 1938 drawing for the Flying Officer chronograph by Gallet watchmaker Philippe Weiss. The Flying Officer was one of the world's first wrist |
[[File:flying officer drawing 1938.jpg|thumb|right|Original 1938 drawing for the Flying Officer chronograph by Gallet watchmaker Philippe Weiss. The Flying Officer was one of the world's first wrist-worn time recording instruments with a water resistant case.]] |
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[[File:Multichron calendar ad 1959.jpg|thumb|right|1959 advertisement from Jewelers' Circular Keystone magazine of the Gallet MultiChron Calendar]] |
[[File:Multichron calendar ad 1959.jpg|thumb|right|1959 advertisement from Jewelers' Circular Keystone magazine of the Gallet MultiChron Calendar]] |
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | watch movement & case manufacturing |
| Founded | 1466 by Humbertus Gallet, registered as Gallet & Cie in 1826 by Julien Gallet |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Walter Hediger (CEO) David Laurence (COO) |
| Products | wristwatches, stopwatches, and industrial timers for professional application |
| Website | Gallet Official Website |
Gallet is a high end Swiss manufacturer of professional-use timepieces.
Officially registered as a La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland company in 1826[1] by then family patriarch Julien Gallet (1806–1849), the Gallet watch making dynasty can trace its roots back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became a citizen of Geneva in 1466. (see: "Le Livre des Bourgeois de l'ancienne République de Genève", Alfred L. Covelle, 1897, page 59). Gallet-hist
Gallet is best known for its line of complex MultiChron chronograph wristwatches. Commissioned specifically for professional use by military and industrial clients with greater spending abilities that the average citizen, Gallet watches incorporated some of the most advanced innovations available to the Swiss timekeeping arts.
One of these unique watches was the famous Flying Officer Chronograph. Commissioned by Senator Harry S. Truman in 1939 for pilots of the US Army Air Force, the unique rotating 12 hour bezel and 48 cities dial made it easy to calculate changes in the time as a pilot flew across lines of longitude. Besides being the worlds first time zone calculating wristwatch, the Gallet Flying Officer was the first wrist chronograph to be housed in a water resistant case.[2] Truman himself wore a Flying Officer during his terms as 33rd president (1945–1953). After the war, the Flying Officer remained as a favorite timepiece of military and civilian aviators.
In 2007, an award winning design team was commissioned to assist the Gallet company in adjusting the utilitarian appearance of its professional-use watches to the tastes of the contemporary consumer of high-end timepieces.
World's 1st Timekeeping Conglomerate
For the Gallet family of watchmakers, the relocation to La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1826 after 350 years in Geneva[3] proved to be a most advantageous move. With the resources available in the “Watch Valley”, family patriarch Julien Gallet (1806–1849) was able to expand the new company’s distribution of its fine pocket watches to all of Europe.
In 1855, Julien Gallet’s son Léon (1832–1899) purchased Grumbach & Co., complete with factory and equipment, to facilitate the need for greater manufacturing capabilities.[4] With this increase in work area, Gallet was able to bring together under one roof, many of the Jura Region’s most talented watchmakers to help meet Europe’s increasing demand for the company’s watches.
Under Léon Gallet’s leadership, an environment was created within the workshop that inspired and supported experimentation and innovation by the company’s watchmakers. While many of the resulting timekeeping milestones were incorporated into Gallet’s new timepieces, Léon Gallet allowed his watchmakers to benefit through the registration of patents in their own names. This unique approach allowed the company to offer an extensive range of exciting new watches, and Gallet & Cie quickly grew to become one the largest and most powerful timekeeping entities in Switzerland.
With the company’s power and human resources, Léon Gallet set his sights on the rest of the world markets. In 1864, Léon's brother, Lucien Gallet (1834–1879), established the company's first US location in Chicago,[5] with a New York City office following soon after. Together with Jules Racine, a cousin of the Gallet brothers living in the US, the company began its expansion into the American market.
Due to the American consumer’s preference for domestically styled products, the Gallet Company created numerous new lines to accommodate this. Not including watches privately labeled for established jewelry retailers, Gallet introduced thirty-seven new brands.[6] While the names that appeared on the dials and the overall appearance and function of these watches were tailored to American tastes, all cases and movements continued to be produced in Gallet’s La Chaux-Fonds workshop. With the company’s powerful Swiss manufacturing resources, the job of producing thirty-seven additional brands was an easy task to surmount.
To insure that Gallet’s American watches were accessible to all citizens, regardless of income level, each of the numerous brands were designed to target a different demographic. Lower priced watches were supplied to the average working man, as well as expensive high-grade and complicated timepieces in solid gold cases for the wealthy. Gallet’s finest pocket watches, hand-built in the classic Swiss tradition and retaining the family flagship and Electa names, were always available to the highly discerning consumer with a more international aesthetic. Although not initially successful, included with the company’s American offerings in 1895 were the world’s first wrist-worn watches produced for mass consumption. By the end of the 19th century, the Gallet family was manufacturing and selling over 100,000 timepieces per year.
When the worldwide economic downturn of the 1930’s caused international trade to plunge by as much as two-thirds, it suddenly became unprofitable for the Gallet Company to continue production of many of its recently established brands. Gallet chose instead, to consolidate its efforts back into its primary area of expertise, that of the manufacture of high quality professional-use timepieces. Under the family name, the Gallet Company continued to flourish by providing hand-held timers and chronograph wristwatches to allied military[7] and industrial clients during the years leading up to and through World War II. During this period, the Gallet’s sales again surpassed 100,000 units annually.
A wartime Gallet timepiece of particular renown was the Flight Officer time-zone chronograph (1939 - present). Commissioned by Senator Harry S. Truman’s senatorial staff in 1939 for the United States Army Air Force, this unique wristwatch made it possible to calculate changes in the time as a pilot flew across lines of longitude.[8]
Due to the company’s timekeeping contribution to the quest for a more peaceful world, Gallet’s reputation as the premier manufacturer of top quality professional timers and chronograph wristwatches was firmly established. After the war, Gallet’s renewed worldwide popularity with civilians and professionals in the fields of aviation, sports, medicine, and technology eliminated the necessity to manufacture numerous secondary brands to succeed in the modern world. With the exception of the few brand names that the company retained for its sports and industrial stopwatch lines, most of previously held trademarks went back into circulation to be utilized by other manufacturers requiring a quality name for their new endeavors.
Long before the current trend for a small handful of powerful conglomerates to control most of the great independent watch houses of the past, Gallet went full circle from its time as a company with numerous brands, to become one of the world’s most respected singular manufacturers of professional-use timepieces.
Gallet Brands/Trademarks (Pre-1940’s)
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- Breadfort Watch Co. (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Bridgeport Watch Co. (reg. 17 Dec 1886, pocket watches)
- Chancellor Watch (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Chief (reg. 28 Aug 1889, pocket watches)
- Commodore (reg. 7 May 1889, pocket watches)
- Continental Watch Co. (reg. 12 Aug 1879, complicated pocket watches)[9]
- Defender (reg. pre-1895, pocket watches)
- Director Watch Co. (reg. pre-1895, pocket watches)
- Duchess (reg. pre-1898, woman’s pocket watches)
- Electa & Cie. (extra high-grade & complicated pocket watches)[10]
- Enterprise (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Eureka Time Keeper (reg. 14 Jan 1884, pocket watches)
- Favorite (reg. 16 Feb 1884, pocket watches)
- Galco (reg. 14 Mar 1925, Excelsior Park stopwatches)
- Gipsy (reg. pre-1895, woman’s pocket watches)
- Governor (reg. pre-1898, rail road style pocket watches)
- Harlem Watch Co. (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Interocean (reg. 3 Jun 1910, Canadian Rail Road pocket watches)
- Jerome Park Watch Co. (reg. pre-1924, Excelsior Park stopwatches)
- Jarco Watch (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Lady Racine (reg. 12 Aug 1879, lady’s pocket watches)[11]
- Lily (reg. 17 Jan 1881, lady’s pocket watches)
- Majesty (reg. pre-1897, lady’s pocket watches)
- Marathon (reg. 19 Oct 1915, pocket watches)[12]
- Mars MultiChron Watch Co. (wrist chronographs)
- National Park (reg. 13 Jan 1891, Excelsior Park stopwatches & horse timers)[13]
- Park Watch Company (reg. 21 Sep 1929, Excelsior Park stopwatches)
- Patriot Watch (reg. 16 Apr 1889, pocket watches)[14]
- Railroad Watch (reg. 12 Aug 1879)[15]
- Richmond (reg. 29 Aug 1889, pocket watches)
- Security (Excelsior Park stopwatches)
- Select (reg. pre-1898, Excelsior Park stopwatches)
- Success (reg. 13 Jan 1891, pocket watches)[16]
- Trilby Watch (reg. pre-1895, pocket watches)
- Trotter (reg. pre-1897, Excelsior Park stopwatches & horse timers)
- Union Square (reg. 2 Oct 1883, pocket watches)
- Warrior Watch (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
- Wonder Watch (wrist chronographs)
Early Awards and Recognition
- 1896 Swiss National Exposition, Geneva - Silver Medal
- 1905 Universal Exposition of Liege - Grand Diploma of Honor
- 1914 Swiss National Exposition, Berne - Grand Prize in the Chronometer category
- 1917 Canton Observatory, Neuchâtel - 1st Place Award for Chronometer Accuracy
Gallet Watch and Clock Making Dynasty
- Humbertus Gallet (1430–1492) clock maker, became a citizen of Geneva on 18 April 1466
- Gonin Gallet (1543–1610 ) grandson of Humbertus Gallet, clock maker, Geneva
- Claude Gallet (1597–1663) son of Gonin Gallet, watch and clock maker, Geneva
- Jacques Gallet (1649–1700) son of Claude Gallet, watchmaker and silk merchant, Geneva
- Philippe Gallet (1679–1739) son of Jacques Gallet, goldsmith & watchmaker, Geneva
- Pierre Gallet (1712–1768) son of Philippe Gallet, goldsmith & watchmaker, Geneva
- Jacques Gallet (1745–1806) son of Pierre Gallet, goldsmith, watch & case maker, Geneva
- Jean-Louis Gallet (1774–1809) son of Jacques Gallet, goldsmith, watchmaker, watch case maker, Geneva
- Julien Gallet (1806–1849) son of Jean-Louis Gallet, watch & case maker, registered family business in La Chaux de Fonds as Gallet & Cie.
- Louise Gallet (1808–1865) widow of Julien Gallet, ran the company after her husband's death
- Léon L. Gallet (1832–1899) son of Julien Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Lucien F. Gallet (1834–1879) son of Julien Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Julien Gallet (1862–1934) son of Leon L. Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Georges Gallet (1865–1946) son of Leon L. Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Léon Gallet (1899–1975) son of Georges Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Pierre Gallet (1926–1995) son of Leon Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
- Bernard Gallet (1930–2006) son of Leon Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds
Gallet Historic Time Line
1466 - Humbertus Gallet, living and working in Geneva, becomes a citizen of the republic on the 18th of April. Historical references point to his profession as a horloger or clock maker (see: "Le Livre des Bourgeois de l'ancienne République de Genève", Alfred L. Covelle, 1897, page 59).
1685 - As a result of the abolishment by French King Louis XIV of the tolerance agreement of Nantes, additional members of the Bourg-en-Bresse Gallet family, whose documented professions are as goldsmiths and watchmakers, join their relatives in Geneva to live and practice their trade.
1742 - Pierre Gallet (1712–1768) marries noblewoman Jeanne Renée de Rabours. The marriage contract records Pierre Gallet's profession as master goldsmith. This document also lists the occupation of Pierre's father, Philippe Gallet (1679–1739), as goldsmith and watchmaker.
1744 - Jeanne Renee gives birth to a son, Jacques, who follows in his father's occupation as jeweler and watchmaker
1774 - Jacques Gallet (1745–1806) fathers a son, Jean-Louis Gallet (1774–1809).
1804 - Napoleon annexes Geneva, naming it the Lemanique Republic. Jean Louis Gallet becomes a French citizen and continues his father's jewelry and watch making company until his pre-mature death in 1809 at age 35.
1826 - Julien Gallet (1806–1849), son of Jean Louis, relocates the family watch making business to La Chaux-de-Fonds, a major center for pocket watch production. At this time, the company name is registered as Gallet & Cie (Gallet & Company).
1849 - Julien Gallet dies at 43, after which, the company is run by his widow Louise, and sons Leon and Lucien.
1855 - Léon Gallet (1832–1899) becomes the patriarchal figure of the rapidly growing Gallet & Cie. He expedites the expansion of the company and the need for more workshop space by acquiring Grumbach & Co., which produces watches with the brand name Electa. Gallet & Cie. is renamed Electa Gallet & Cie. and produces watches under both the Gallet and Electa brand names.
1860 - Léon Gallet, together with Longines in St. Imer, found the "Intercantonal Company for Industrial Development" in the Jura area of Neuchâtel. Marketing is primarily European based with an emphasis on sales to England.
1864 - Léon Gallet's brother Lucien Gallet establishes the company's first US location in Chicago, with a New York City office following soon after. Together with Jules Racine, a cousin of the Gallet brothers living in the US, the company greatly expands its distribution to the American market.
1882 - A strategic partnership is formed with Jules Jeanneret & Fils, to supply this prestigious manufacturer’s highest quality mechanisms for Gallet’s professional use line of hand-held timers.
1883 - Léon hands over management of the parent company to his sons Julien (1862–1934) and Georges (1865–1946), but continues to remain involved until his death in New York in 1899. The company name is temporarily changed to Julien Gallet & Cie to reflect the older son's control of the company. By this time, the Gallet Company is producing more that 100,000 watches annually
1895 - Gallet introduces the first wrist-worn watches for mass consumption by men and women to the American market. These first "wristwatches" are immediately rejected due to public perception as being too unusual for women and too feminine for men. All unsold examples are soon returned to Switzerland for disassembly. In spite of initial resistance to this groundbreaking innovation, wristwatches are issued during WWI as a more useful way for soldiers to tell time in combat situations. As a result, this new concept first pioneered by Gallet, is soon added to the offerings of numerous other watch companies.
1896 - Rail road pocket watches with high quality, chronometer grade movements with special patented regulators are created by Gallet under the Interocean brand name and distributed by Timothy Eaton (T. Eaton Department Store) for railway use as well as to Eaton's most discerning patrons.
1896 - Gallet wins a silver medal at the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva.
1899 - Upon his death, Léon Gallet bequeaths a sum of 43,000 Swiss Francs (today equivalent to approx. 1,000,000 US dollars) to the town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, of which 25,000 Swiss Francs is used for the construction of the Musée international d'horlogerie (International Museum of Watch Making). To assist the museum in building its collection, the Gallet company donates over 100 of its most complicated and valuable timepieces[17]. Léon Gallet's son Georges serves as honorary director of the museum for the next twenty years.
1900 - Shortly after Léon Gallet's death, the company name is changed back to Gallet & Cie (Gallet & Co.).
1905 - Gallet wins a Diploma of Honor at the Liege Exhibition.
1907 - The company name "Gallet & Cie, Fabrique Electa" is registered to reinforce Gallet's ownership and control of the Electa brand. Under the Electa name, Gallet produces some of the highest quality timepieces manufactured in Switzerland.
1911 - Henri Jeanneret-Brehm, a member of the esteemed Jeanneret family of St. Imier watchmakers, purchases the the Magnenat-Lecoultre factory with financial assistance from the Gallet company.
1912 - Gallet creates the first wristwatch for mass distribution to include a full-sized constant seconds hand originating from the center of the dial (face). This innovation proved useful for timing tasks that emphasized seconds over minutes and hours, including the measuring of the human heart rate. Gallet’s new “sweep second” wristwatches were issued to military nurses and medics during World War I.
1914 - Gallet is commissioned by the British government to provide special wrist worn timers with integral time recording functions for the armed forces during World War I. This world's first chronograph wristwatch was an obvious transitional timepiece. While technically refined and reduced in size from a traditional hand-held timer, it still retains the three-piece case, porcelain enamel dial, and center button crown of its larger predecessor.
Gallet wins the Grand Prize in the Chronometer category at the Swiss National Exhibition in Berne.
1915 - Gallet supplies hand held and cockpit mounted timers to the United Kingdom during WW I. Movements are produced in Gallet’s Electa workshop and marked with the Electa name.
1917 - Gallet wins the 1st place award for chronometer accuracy at the Canton Observatory in Neuchâtel.
1918 – Jeanneret-Brehm begins manufacturing under the company name Excelsior Park. Deriving the name from Jenneret-Brehm’s previously registered “Excelsior” trademark, the English variation of the French word for “park” is utilized at the prompting of Gallet to support the collaborative efforts of the two companies in their marketing focus on American consumer. The cooperative relationship of Excelsior Park and Gallet leads to the development of some of the finest time recording mechanisms in timekeeping history, including the famous Excelsior Park chronograph calibre 4.
1927 - Gallet produces a series of “Duo Dial” wristwatches for the medical and technical professions. The full-sized lower subsidiary seconds dial greatly simplifies the task of calculating a person’s per-minute heart rate.
1929 - While the company slowly develops viable markets for its new wristwatch innovation, it is able to flourish during the Great Depression as a result of its expertise in the area of professional use timepieces.
1935 - As World War II becomes imminent, Gallet begins prolific production of wristwatches for the Allied Forces, boat clocks with 8-day movements, and military stopwatches for Great Britain, Canada, and the U.S.A. At the start of World War II, production again reaches 100,000 watches annually.
1936 - Gallet introduces the first water resistant cases for protecting the delicate mechanism of chronograph wristwatches from the damaging effects of humidity.[18] This ground breaking innovation become standard on many models in Gallet's "MultiChron" line of professional use timepieces, as well as the upcoming Flying Officer military issue pilot's watch.[19][20]
1938 - Commissioned by Senator Harry S Truman for the pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force, Gallet creates the legendary Flying Officer Chronograph. This extraordinary timekeeping milestone provides a combination of extremely important new innovations. Besides the ability to accurately record events ranging from 1/5th second to 30 minutes in duration, this horological breakthrough features a rotating 12-hour bezel as well as a dial with major cities listed on the periphery. By rotating the bezel, pilots now have the ability to calculate changes in the time as lines of longitude are crossed. Truman wears a Gallet Flying Officer during his two terms as US president.
1939 - Gallet breaks the gender barrier by producing the Multichron Petite. The Petite is the world’s first wrist chronograph engineered exclusively for enlisted woman assigned to technical and scientific tasks during WWII. Powered by the extraordinary 10 ligne Valjoux 69 movement, and measuring only 26.6mm in diameter, the MultiChron Petite becomes the smallest production chronograph ever manufactured.
1946 - With the end of World War II, and the death of his father Georges, Léon Gallet assumes management of the Gallet Company. Only minor changes are needed to transform the appearance of Gallet's military style watches into trendy chronographs for sportsmen and civilian pilots.
1965 – Gallet introduces the Excel-O-Graph. This particularly refined pilot’s wristwatch features a rotating bezel with integrated slide rule for making navigational calculations, and becomes the prototype for later models by other Swiss watchmakers.
1970 - Asian manufacturers begin releasing electronic quartz regulated timepieces onto the world markets. By continuing to build fine mechanical timepieces of uncompromising quality for a clientele not influenced by changing fads and convention, Gallet flourishes during the so called "quartz crisis" that results in the demise of numerous other Swiss brands.
1975 - Upon the death of Léon Gallet, sons Pierre and Bernard assume management of the company. They acquire the Racine Company, which has been struggling as a result of devaluation of the U.S. dollar.
1981 - Excelsior Park closes its factory due to a combination of the lack of family successors and a sizable decrease in orders of mechanical movements from its Gallet partner during the difficult "quartz crisis". To continue to support owners of Excelsior Park powered watches, Gallet acquires the balance of the company’s remaining inventory and assets. An attempt in 1984 by the Flume Company of Germany to revitalize Excelsior Park name proved unsuccessful.
1984 – Wein Brothers, a Canadian distributor of timing instruments for military use, contracts with Gallet to manufacture wristwatches for distribution to the US Government. To facilitate the initial transactions, Gallet transfers its long held Marathon trademark to its Canadian partner. Wein Brothers continues to distribute military timepieces and related products under the Marathon brand to the present day.
1990 - Gallet supplies 30,000 “Navigator” wristwatches to the Marathon Company for distribution to the U.S. military. Prior to Marathon’s fulfillment of the contract, prototypes are arduously tested by the US Government to withstand the most adverse of conditions. All examples exceed the military's strict requirements for being highly accurate, virtually indestructible, and completely functional in all possible circumstances. Marathon’s Gallet manufactured timepieces become the model from which most later military style wristwatches are designed.
1991 - Pierre Gallet retires from the company due to ill health. His brother Bernard assumes control of the company, which continues to focus on the manufacture of high quality professional use timepieces.
1996 – To facilitate expansion, Bernard Gallet enters into a partnership with B. Neresheimer Ltd., a company with over a hundred years experience in the manufacture and distribution of fine silver wares and high-end luxury goods.
2002 - The Gallet factory is relocated from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Grandson, a canton of Vaud approximately one hour from Geneva. Walter Hediger, a member of the Neresheimer family with decades of experience in handling the financial and managerial affairs of entities within the watch making industry, takes the reigns of Gallet as its CEO. Mr. Hediger reconfirms the company's commitment to producing only the finest in timekeeping instruments for professional use.
2004 - Company activity becomes concentrated near Zurich. Bernard Gallet remains active with the company until his death in 2006.
2008 - Gallet & Co co-sponsors "Time in Office" at the National Watch and Clock Museum, an exhibition of timepieces worn by America’s presidents extending back to the pocket watches of George Washington. One of the featured items in the exhibit is the Gallet Flying Officer chronograph worn by Harry S Truman during his years in office as the 33rd president of the US.
2009 - Gallet & Co co-sponsors "Time & Exploration" at the National Watch and Clock Museum, an exhibit highlighting the importance of time and timekeeping in the fields of exploration and navigation.
Wrist Watch Models - 1900 to the Present
- Excel-O-Graph – pilot's navigational chronograph with rotating slide rule bezel
- Flying Officer - time zone chronograph with world cities on periphery of dial
- Marathon Navigator – water resistant antimagnetic pilot's watch with rotating 12 hour bezel
- MultiChron 12 - professional chronograph with 12 hour recording capabilities
- MultiChron 30 - professional chronograph with 30 minute recording capabilities
- MultiChron 45 - professional chronograph with 45 minute recording capabilities
- MultiChron Astronomic - 12 hour chronograph with triple date and moon phase
- MultiChron Calendar - professional chronograph with accurate day, date, and month functions
- MultiChron Commander - mid-size chronograph for both men and women professionals
- MultiChron Decimal - professional chronograph for technical & scientific use
- MultiChron Diver - professional scuba diver's chronograph with rotating 60 minute bezel
- MultiChron Navigator GMT - professional chronograph with additional 24 GMT hour hand
- MultiChron Officer - small size square dress or formal chronograph for officers
- MultiChron Petite - miniature chronograph for professional and enlisted women
- MultiChron Pilot - pilot's chronograph with rotating time zone bezel
- MultiChron Pilot Petite - miniature chronograph with time zone bezel for women pilots
- MultiChron Rattrapante - chronograph with simultaneous dual function recording
- MultiChron Regulator - professional chronograph with offset minute and hour dial
- MultiChron Yachting - professional chronograph with regatta countdown timer
Vintage Wrist Watch Gallery
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Gallet MultiChron Regulator Chronograph (1929) - Used by drivers and pit bosses during the early years of the Indianapolis 500 Speedway -
Gallet Flying Officer Chronograph (1939) - Commissioned by Harry S Trumans's senatorial staff for issue to pilots of the US Army Air Force -
Gallet MultiChron Petite (1939) - miniature chronograph designed exclusively for professional and enlisted women, measures only 26.3mm in diameter. -
Gallet MultiChron Officer Chronograph (1941) - high quality square timer for woman professionals and as a dress chronograph for gentlemen and military officers -
Gallet MultiChron Commander Chronograph (1941) - Mid size 45 minute recording chronograph for men and women professionals with unique in-house manufactured oval movement -
Gallet MultiChron Navigator GMT Chronograph (1945) - World's 1st wrist chronograph with 45 minute recording capability and separate north pointing 24 hour GMT hand -
Gallet MultiChron Calendar (1945) - Professional 12 hour recording chronograph with automatic day, date, and month change functions -
Gallet MultiChron Rattrapante Chronograph (1948) - Sports and racing wrist watch with ability to simultaneously record 2 separate events -
Gallet MultiChron Yachting Chronograph (1955) - special chronograph with regatta countdown feature, powered by an in-house manufactured Excelsior Park movement -
Gallet MultiChron Astronomic Chronograph (1959) - highly complex chronograph with 12 hour recoding capabilities, accurate automatic day, date, month, and moon phase features -
Gallet MultiChron 45 Chronograph (1960) - Used by drivers and pit bosses at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway -
Gallet Excel-O-Graph Chronograph (1965) - professional pilot's wristwatch with rotating slide rule bezel and outer dial ring for navigational calculations, in-house Excelsior Park calibre 40-68 movement -
Gallet MultiChron Diver (1967) - professional scuba diver's chronograph with rotating 60 minute bezel, water resistant to 300 meters (1000 feet) -
Gallet Flying Officer Chronograph (1970) - special version for pilots of the Swiss Air Force, rotating 12 hour bezel and 24 cities dial for time zone calculation, Swiss military markings on reverse
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Gallet MultiChron Pilot Chronograph (1975) - 12 hour recording chronograph with rotating 12 hour bezel for time zone calculations, dial indications for determining miles-per-hour -
Marathon Navigator or Adanac (1990) - specially created by commission for the US Government, issued to pilots of the United States Air Force
References
- ^ Kathleen H. Pritchard, Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775-1975, (2 Bände), West Kennebunk 1997
- ^ Horology, Volume VI, No. 11, Pg. 6, Feb. 1940, "Waterproof Watches, Part Two"
- ^ Le Livre des Bourgeois de l'ancienne République de Genève", Alfred L. Covelle, 1897, page 59
- ^ "Gallet Time Line". GalletWatch.com. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ Brunner, Gisbert L.; Pfeiffer-Belli, Christian (1999), Wristwatches Armbandhuren Montres-bracelets, Germany: Konemann, page 170
- ^ Kathleen H. Pritchard, Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775-1975, (2 Bände), West Kennebunk 1997, pages G-4 to G-8
- ^ http://www.galletwatch.com/new_gallet_professional_use_index_military.html
- ^ http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/nwcm-62500-Presidential-Timepieces-Exhibit-pres-exhib-flas-Education-ppt-powerpoint/
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 137
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 105
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 137
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 355
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 355
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 137
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 355
- ^ United States Horological Trademark Index, Kurtis Meyers, 2004, Historymania, pg. 355
- ^ Catherine Cardinal, Jean-Michael Piquet, Catalogue of Selected Pieces, Institut l'homme et le temps, pg. 5
- ^ Brunner, Gisbert L.; Pfeiffer-Belli, Christian (1999), Wristwatches Armbandhuren Montres-bracelets, Germany: Konemann, pg. 110
- ^ Horology, Volume VI, No. 11, Pg. 6, Feb. 1940, "Waterproof Watches, Part Two"
- ^ The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone, January 1939, pg.52
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