- Gallet & the Fight for Freedom -
Gallet Flying Officer (2005) - special limited edition pilot's watch in hard titanium, knurled lugs and crown for extra resistance against wear, curved sapphire crystal w/ inner glare-free coating, anti-magnetic inner housing, water-resistant to 100 meters (330 feet), in-house manufactured high grade 24 jewel movement. The Flying Officer was engineered to be almost indestructible under the most adverse conditions.
Gallet MultiChron Regulator (1929) - physician's 30 minute recording chronograph, issued to medics and military doctors, off-set hour and minute hands with button activated center sweep second hand for heart rate calculations
The Gallet MultiChron 12 (1955) - officer's 12 hour recording wrist chronograph, special telemetry dial indices, water resistant 18K solid gold case, in-house manufactured Excelsior Park calibre 40-68 movement
The Gallet Excel-O-Graph (1965) - professional pilot's wristwatch with rotating slide rule bezel and outer dial ring, powered by Gallet's in-house Excelsior Park calibre 40-68 movement
Gallet Flying Officer (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
Gallet MultiChron Pilot (1975) - 12 hour recording chronograph with rotating 12 hour bezel for time zone calculations, high-grade Valjoux calibre 72 movement
Gallet Desert Storm (1990) - Six prototypes were submitted for testing by the US Government. After all prototypes easily passed tests for resistance against extremes in shock, magnetism, altitude, and water intrusion, 30,000 were ordered in 1990 for the pilots that flew the air missions during the Persian Gulf War. Watches were delivered with dials instead marked "Marathon", as the name of the mission was still secret at the time of delivery.
Gallet MultiChron Petite (1939) - Breaking the gender barrier, the Petite was the smallest wrist chronograph ever produced. Created for enlisted and professional women who before were forced to use a gent's watch to do their assigned tasks, the petite measures only 26.3mm in diameter.
The Gallet Flying Officer (1938) - Commissioned by Senator Harry S Truman for pilots of the US Army Air Force. The rotating 12 hour bezel and 48 cities dial made is easy to calculate changes in the time as a pilot flew across lines of longitude. Truman wore a Flying Officer during his term as 33rd president and beyond.
Gallet MultiChron Officer (1939) - rare small square chronograph, company archives refer to this model either as a high quality timer for woman professionals and as a dress chronograph for gentlemen and military officers, powered by a 10''' Valjoux calibre 69
Gallet MultiChron Navigator GMT (1943) - world's first wrist-worn chrongraph with a seperate 24 hour "north pointing" GMT hand, 2nd crown stops and adjusts the constant seconds register for split-second synchronization, in-house manufactured Excelsior Park calibre 40-68 movement