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AS 1475
WRIST ALARM

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TRIPLE SKIN
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Gallet is a historical manufacturer of high-end Swiss timepieces.

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 Gallet & Cie (Gallet & Company) name was officially registered by Julien Gallet (1806–1849) in 1826, who moved the family business from Geneva to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Prior to this date, operations commenced under the name of each of the family patriarchs.

Gallet is best known during the 20th century to the present day for its line of MultiChron chronograph wristwatches. Produced primarily for military, industrial, and other professional applications, Gallet’s MultiChron watches often incorporated a number of advanced timekeeping innovations.

A Gallet timepiece of particular renown was the Flight Officer time zone chronograph. Commissioned by Senator Harry S. Truman in 1939 for pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, the Flight Officer (a.k.a. Flying Officer) had a rotating 12 hour bezel and the names of 48 major world cities printed on the periphery of the dial (face). These features made it possible to calculate changes in the time as an aviator flew across lines of longitude. Besides being the first time zone calculating wristwatch, the Flight Officer was one of the world’s first wrist chronographs to be housed in a water resistant case. Truman wore a Gallet Flight Officer during his terms as 33rd president (1945–1953).

L?on Gallet set his sights on the rest of the world markets. In 1864, L?on's brother, Lucien Gallet (1834–1879), established 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 began its expansion into the American market.

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.

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 wristwatch made it possible to calculate changes in the time as a pilot flew across lines of longitude.

GALLET INNOVATIONS

• 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)

• 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 Flight Officer chronograph worn by Harry S Truman during his years in office as the 33rd president of the US.
• 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.

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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 (1605–1675) 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
Jeremie Gallet (1729-1763) son of Pierre Gallet, watchmaker, apprenticed under Benedict de Rabours in 1745, 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
L?on 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 & Geneva
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 (together with wife Berthe Courvoisier Gallet and brother-in-law ?mile Courvoisier, controlled the Courvoisier Fr?res watch company)
L?on 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 L. Gallet (1930–2006) son of Leon Gallet, watchmaker, La Chaux de Fonds

GALLET'S COUSIN JULES RACINE WAS RESONCIBLE FOR  MARKETING AND SALES IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE NAMES RACINE, GALLET AND EXCELSIOR PARK ON ANY WATCH MEANS RARE QUAILITY AND PERFECTION.

[MORE HISTORY AT BOTTOM OF PAGE]

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AWESOME
RARE RARE RARE

RACINE GALLET
ALARM

MOON SILVER DIAL
SILVER & BLACK MARKERS
RAISED ROMAN
12 3 6 & 9
IN
WHITE & BLACK

BLACK
AND
TRITIUM
HOUR & SECONDS
WITH
BLACK MINUTES

SIGNED
RACINE
ALARM
T SWISS T

WITH BLACK HASHED
AND
TRITIUM
SECONDS CHAPTER RING

SINGLE SCREW DOWN CASE BACK

AWSOME STRAP
TRIPLE LEATHER
DOUBLE PASDDED
DOUBLE WRAP-OVER
NYLON HAND STITCHING

DUAL CROWNS AND MAIN SPRINGS

Operating Instruction:
Wind watch: crown at 4h.
Set time: pull crown at 4h and set time. If you set the time reverse and pass the alarm time, this will be set reverse simultaneously.
Wind alarm: crown at 2h.
Set alarm: pull crown at 2h and set alarm time. The alarm time can only be set reverse, setting forward is inhibited by a freewheel.
Enable alarm: push crown at 2h.
Disable alarm: pull crown at 2h.

SKILLER CASING
ALL STAINLESS STEEL

NOTICE THE OVER STITCHING

DUAL STITCHED KEEPERS
STAINLESS DEPLOYMENT

SIZE IS LONG

RED ARROW ALARM HAND

MINT CONDITION



A GALLET RACINE ALARM
IN MINT CONDITION

WOW
I PERSONALLY WEAR THE SAME STRAP
ON MY FLIGHTMASTER
ON MY BIKE
FOR 4 YEARS

CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

A MINTY MINTY RACINE-GALLET

GALLET & CO
SIGNED
1475
DUAL MAIN
ALARM MOVEMENT

18000 A/h
Features
manual-wind alarm
sweep second

Data
11.5''', Dm= 25.6mm
H = 5.75mm
17 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 46h
alarm

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FAMILY HISTORY

FROM HORLOGER HUMBERTUS GALLET BEGAN WATCH MAKING IN 1466

TO 1685 WHEN HIS DESCENDANTS WELCOMED FRENCH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH BOURGE-EN-BRESSE GALLET FAMILY

TO 1702, WHEN PHILLIPE GALLET REGISTERED AS A GOLDSMITH AND WATCHMAKER

TO 1742 WHEN PIERRE GALLET WAS A REGISTERED GOLDSMITH AND WATCH MAKER

TO 1804 WHEN NAPOLEON ANNEXED GENEVA AND JEAN LOUIS GALLET BECAME A FRENCH CITIZEN AND CONTINUED HIS FATHER WATCHMAKING AND JEWELRY BUSINESS

TO 1826 WHEN JULIEN GALLET RELOCATED THE BUSINESS TO      LA CHAUX FONDS AND REGISTERED THE NAME GALLET AND CIE (COMPANY)

TO1855 WHEN LEON GALLET BUYS THE ELECTA COMPANY COMBINES IT WITH GALLET AND RENAMES THE COMPANY RENAMES THE COMPANY TO ELECTA GALLET & CIE

TO 1864 WHEN LUCIEN GALLET ESTABLISHED THE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CITY OFFICES OF GALLET

TO 1876 WHEN LEON L?on Gallet, JULE COURVOISIER, ERNEST FANCILLON OF LONGINES AND CONSTANT GIRARD-GALLET OF GIRARD PERREGUAX FOUND THE      "Intercantonal Company for Industrial Development of the Jura Industries"

TO 1883 WHEN LEON HANDS THE COMPANY OVER TO HIS SON JULIEN

TO 1895 WHEN GALLET INTRODUCES THE FIRST WRIST WORN WATCHES

TO 1896 WHEN GALLET WINS ITS FIRST SILVER MEDAL AT THE SWISS NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS IN GENEVA

TO 1905 WHEN GALLET WINS A " Diploma of Honor " AT THE LIEGE EXHIBITION

TO 1912 WHEN GALLET CREATE THE FIRST WRIT WATCH FOR DISTRIBUTION WITH FULL-SIZED CENTER CONSTANT SECONDS HAND

TO 1914 WHEN GALLET WINS THE GRAND PRIZE IN THE CHRONOMETER CATEGORY AT THE SWISS NATIONAL EXHIBITION IN BERNE

TO 1915 AND  WWI WHEN GALLET SUPPLIES HAND HELD AND COCKPIT MOUNTED TIMERS AND WRIST-WORN CHRONOGRAPH TIMERS NAMED ELECTA TO THE BRITISH AIR FORCE

TO 1917 WHEN GALLET WON 1ST PLACE FOR CHRONOMETER ACCURACY AT THE CANTON OBSERVATORY IN NEUCHATEL

TO 1927 WHEN GALLET INTRODUCED THE REGULATOR AND DUO-DIAL WRIST WATCHES FOR THE MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS

TO 1935 WHEN GALLET BEGINS PRODUCTION OF WRISTWATCHES , BOAT CLOCKS WITH 8 DAY MOVEMENTS AND MILITARY STOP WATCHES FOR THE US, BRITAIN AND CANADIAN MILITARY

( At the start of World War II, production surpasses 100,000 watches annually)

TO 1936 WHEN GALLET PRODUCES THE FIRST WATER RESISTANT CASES FOR CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES

TO 1938 WHEN SENATOR HARRY S TRUMAN STAFF COMMISSIONED GALLET TO PRODUCE CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES FOR THE PILOTS OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES.

( This wristwatch provides a combination of new innovations. Besides the ability to accurately record events ranging from 1/5th second to 30 minutes in duration, the rotating 12-hour bezel and dial printed with the major cities gives pilots 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. )

TO 1939 WHEN GALLET PRODUCES THE MULTICHRON PETITE.

( The Petite is one of the first wrist chronographs engineered exclusively for enlisted women assigned to technical and scientific tasks during WWII. Powered by the 10 ligne Valjoux 69 movement, and measuring only 26.6mm in diameter, the MultiChron Petite becomes the smallest mechanical chronograph manufactured to date.)

TO 1965 WHEN GALLET INTRODUCED THE Excel-O-Graph.

(A pilot’s wristwatch featuring a rotating bezel with integrated slide rule for making navigational calculations during flight)

TO 1970 WHEN GALLET SURVIVES THE QUARTZ CRISIS BY DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY CHRONOGRAPHS, ALARM  AND MILITARY TIME PIECES.

TO 1975 WHEN GALLET ACQUIRES THE RACINE COMPANY

TO  1984 WHEN GALLET MANUFACTURES THE MATRATHON FOR THE US GOVERNMENT FOR MILITARY USE .

TO 1990 WHEN GALLET SUPPLIES 30,000 “NAVIGATORS” FOR THE U.S. MILITARY [THE DESERT STORM]

TO 2002 WHEN GALLET RELOCATES TO LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS

TO 2006  AND THE DEATH OF BERNARD GALLET

TO 2008 WHEN Gallet & Co CO-SPONSORS "TIME IN OFFICE"

(The exhibition of timepieces worn by America’s presidents extending back to the pocket watches of George Washington at the National Watch and Clock Museum. One of the featured items in the exhibit is the Gallet Flight Officer chronograph worn by Harry S Truman during his years in office as the 33rd president of the US.)

TO 2009 WHEN GALLET CO-SPONSORS "Time & Exploration"

(An exhibit highlighting the importance of time and timekeeping in the fields of exploration and NAVIGATION at the National Watch and Clock Museum,)

• 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, high-grade and complicated pocket watches for US market)
• 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))
• 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, high grade pocket chronographs with Excelsior Park and Minerva movements)
• Jarco Watch (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
• Lady Racine (reg. 12 Aug 1879, lady’s pocket watches)
• Lifetime Series (reg. 19 Oct 1914, high grade watches, produced in the Electa workshop for Macy's, New York)
• Lily (reg. 17 Jan 1881, lady’s pocket watches)
• Majesty (reg. pre-1897, lady’s pocket watches)
• Marathon (reg. 19 Oct 1915, pocket watches)
• Mars MultiChron Watch Co. (wrist chronographs)
• National Park (reg. 13 Jan 1891, Excelsior Park stopwatches & horse timers)
• Park Watch Company (reg. 21 Sep 1929, Excelsior Park powered stopwatches)
• Patriot Watch (reg. 16 Apr 1889, pocket watches)
• Railroad Watch (reg. 12 Aug 1879)
• Richmond (reg. 29 Aug 1889, pocket watches)
• Security (Excelsior Park powered stopwatches)
• Select (reg. pre-1898, Excelsior Park stopwatches)
• Success (reg. 13 Jan 1891, pocket watches)
• Trilby Watch (reg. pre-1895, pocket watches)
• Trotter (reg. pre-1897, Excelsior Park powered stopwatches & horse timers)
• Union Square (reg. 2 Oct 1883, pocket watches)
• Warrior Watch (reg. pre-1898, pocket watches)
• Wonder Watch (wrist chronographs)

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