Written by GoldSmithWatchWorks Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:20

 

READY TO WEAR
RESTORED & OVERHAULED

VINTAGE

1939

WWII

TRIPLE PATENT

EXCELSIOR PARK

MILITARY TIMER

WITH

LEATHER

FOB POCKET STRAP

AND

ONE YEAR GSW WATCH & TIMER LIMITED WARRANTY

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Gallet is the world’s oldest watch and clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became a citizen of Geneva in 1466.

• The first wristwatch with a center-originating sweep second hand for heart rate calculation (1912)
• The first wrist chronograph with a waterproof case (Gallet MultiChron, 1936)
• The first chronograph wristwatch with multiple time zone calculator (Gallet Flight Officer, 1938)
• The first miniature chronograph wristwatch for professional women (Gallet MultiChron Petite, 1939)
• The first chronograph wristwatch with additional 24 hour GMT hand (Gallet MultiChron Navigator GMT, 1945)
• The first 24 hour reading wrist chronograph (Gallet MultiChron 24, 1947)

  1896 Swiss National Exposition, Geneva — Silver Medal

  1905 Universal Exposition of Liege — Grand Diploma of Honor

  1912 Kew Observatory, London - "A" Class Certificates, Special and Series Prizes for the Best Chronometers at Neuchâtel

  1913 Kew Observatory, London - "A" Class Certificates, Special and Series Prizes for the Best Chronometers at Neuchâtel

  1914 Swiss National Exposition, Berne — Grand Prize in the Chronometer category

  1917 Canton Observatory, Neuchâtel — 1st Place Award for Chronometer Accuracy

GALLET WAS FAMOUS FOR CHRONOGRAPHS AND TIMERS FROM 1910 THROUGH WW1,WWII, TO KOREA & VIETNAM:

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 and industrial clients during the years leading up to and through World War II.

AT THE OUT BREAK OF WWII, AND UP UNTIL THE GALLET DECIMAL ARTILLERY TIMER WAS INTRODUCED IN 1943,  THE GALLET OCCURRENCE TIMER, CUSTOM MANUFACTURED IN 1936 FOR THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WAS THE FIRST GALLET TIMER UTILIZED BY THE US MILITARY

WWII MILITARY TIMERS
BOTH TIMERS ARE PRIMARY 60 SECOND TIMERS
WITH
SECONDARY 100 SECOND TIMERS

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FURTHER, GALLET WAS A MAJOR PARTNER & BACKER WITH JULES RACINE

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 expands its distribution to the American market.

AND

GALLET WAS A MAJOR PARTNER & BACKER WITH EXCELSIER PARK;

Jeanneret and Fils created Usine du Parc, by 1890 the company is called Alb and  produces anchor watches from 13 to 24 lines, calendar watches and chronographs under the trademarks Colombe and Diana.In 1894 the factory is renamed Jeanneret Frères and produces chronographs.

On March 21th 1891 a sport stopwatch called “Excelsior” is patented by Alb. Jeanneret et Frères, it has a movement side  bridge in the shape of J; which l becomes a trademark for Excelsior Park

By 1902, the company is named of Jeanneret-Brehm and Co and sells s stopwatches under the Excelsior trademark.

In 1911 Jeaneret -Brehm & Co, along with Gallet, introduce two button (Crown Push and Side Pusher) and Henri Jeanneret-Brehm, a member of the esteemed Jeanneret family of St. Imier watchmakers, purchases the Magnenat-Lecoultre factory with financial assistance from the Gallet company.

By 1918, The Jeanneret-Brehm company becomes Excelsior Park and offers stopwatches and  chronographs .

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 the American consumer.

Beginning in the 1920's, Excelsior Park concentrates exclusively on the stopwatches and chronographs.

In 1921 a patent concerning a bolt, independent of the push-piece crown for starting timing, allowing the stopping of the hand, is filed.

On  May 24th, 1922, Excelsior Park patents a small housing inside a movement to place spare parts. That will become also a kind of trademark, making possible instantaneously to recognize an Excelsior Park movement.

The cooperative relationship of Excelsior Park and Gallet leads to the development of a number of time recording mechanisms, including the calibre 40. These new chronograph movements are utilized almost exclusively in Gallet and Excelsior Park wristwatches, with a small number supplied to the Girard Perregaux and Zenith companies when production capabilities allowed.

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WWII
EXCELSIOR PARK
100 SEC TIMER

PATENT 1

NOTICE THE
1921
PATENTED SLIDE

["In 1921 a patent concerning a bolt, independent of the push-piece crown for starting timing, allowing the stopping of the hand, is filed."]

THE CASE BACK
IS
SIGNED
ASEA
15

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE INFO ON CASE BACK
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS A BRITISH
WWII DESIGNATION

DOUBLE HINGED
CASE BACKS
[CASE BACK HAS SERVICING DETAILS]

AND NOW FOR THE
SECOND
PATENT

PATENT 2

NOTICE THE "J" SHAPED BRIDGE

["it has a movement side   bridge in the shape of J; which l becomes a trademark for Excelsior Park"]

AND NOW FOR THE
THIRD
PATENT

PATENT 3

NOTICE THE PARTS COMPARTMENT

["On  May 24th, 1922, Excelsior Park patents a small housing inside a movement to place spare parts. That will become also a kind of trademark, making possible instantaneously to recognize an Excelsior Park movement."]

WE HAVE REMOVED
THE TWO SCREWS
AND

PULLED THE
SPARE PARTS COMPARTMENT

AND
!!!WALLAH!!!

WE DISCOVER PARTS
INCLUDING
A BRAND NEW
BALANCE STAFF!

COVER & PARTS

FOR THE
FOURTH AND FINAL
FACTOR

THIS STOP WATCH
THIS 7 JEWEL MOVEMENT
IS THE
No 3364
MOVEMENT

THE SAME AS UTILIZED BY
EXCELSIOR PARK
GALLET
&
JULES RACINE
WWII TIMERS

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CONDITION TIMER:
EXCELLENT  -  RUNS EXCELLENT 
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