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A truly stunning 1940's Gallet triple-date calendar, hour recording chronograph featuring an incredible factory printed original dial with a wonderful evenly aged or tropical finish, giving it a warm, unique vintage look on the wrist. This complex, high-grade, beaufitully designed and finished timepiece from the famous house of Gallet is in wonderful all original, unpolished condition, housed in a solid stainless steel, 34mm diameter case with sculpted calatrava style lugs. I just love the Art Deco style printing on the dial with those gorgeous deep blue steel hands with red accents. Everything from the fit of the bezel and back to the beveled edges of the pushers, to the shape of the lugs is considered and excectued to an incredible standard. Inside we find an equally stunning Valjoux caliber 88 movement which was a pleasure to service and appreciate each of the beautifully designed and finished pieces. A very special wristwatch in every sense of the word with a rare and beautiful tropic dial.
Circa: 1940's
Style: Sport, Luxury
Case: Solid stainless steel 3-piece snap back case measuring 34mm in diameter excluding the original crown and pushers with 18mm lug spacing fitted with a nicely matched vintage style leather strap. For a complex watch it has a lovely thin profile measuring only 12.6mm thick including the domed plastic crystal. Inside the back is fully signed Gallet & Co, Swiss, Stainless Steel with model number 36373. Lovely lightly used, unpolished condition with light surface wear on the original brushed and polished surfaces. The chronograph functions beautifully using the rectangular pushers at 2 and 4 o'clock with the calendar functions adjusted with the inset pushers at 8:45 and 10 o'clock. The small pusher at 10 quicksets the month with the button at 8:45 adjust the date. Please note: The calendar should never be quick-set between 10pm and 2am as this can damage the calendar drive functions as they are engaged at that time.
Dial: Stunning factory printed original Art Deco style, naturally aged tropic dial with outer date chapter in red, 1/5th seconds track and 3 sub-dials for constant seconds, hour recorder and 30 minute recorder. Especially beautiful under magnification!!! Signed Gallet with Swiss printed in red. Day and month apertures at 12 o'clock with pointer date hand. All of the blue steel hands are also original and in superb, lighly aged condtion.
Movement: Wonderful, high-grade Valjoux caliber 88 manually wound movement, freshly serivced here at Meticulous and keeping excellent time with all functions working as they should. Comes with our full 1-year mechanical warranty. Signed on the chrono bridge Gallet & Co, 17 Jewels, Unadjusted, Swiss with the JXR US import mark on the balance bridge and R (Valjoux) 88 stamped below the balance. Some light aging is present on a few parts bit in overall superb cosmetic and mechanical condition.