Gallet First Generation "Flight Officer" Chronograph Wristwatch and Box

Description:

Gallet First Generation "Flight Officer" Chronograph Wristwatch and Box, c. 1940s, stainless steel case with bidirectional rotating twelve-hour bezel, radium hand set, subsidiary dials, and red snail-style tachymeter, drilled lugs, four-screw clamshell case back stamped "134634," manual-wind Venus 150 movement, with original velvet-lined wood box, dia. 34.5 mm.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

winding setting and ticking, chronograph functions as intended. Bezel 12 still retains some red, original full lume, staining on dial between 8-10 outer edge, case appears unpolished, pushers are not a match.


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