These early watches were hung from a hook on the wall
making it stand out in a sea of other chronographs
The brand introduced its first wrist chronograph in 1915
replacing it with the Caliber 215 micro-rotor - the movement that would go on to power the famous Polerouter
but it has the elegant look that we’ve come to expect from the Datejust
Gallet Multichron 12 'Waterproof' Travel These early watches were hungGallet & Cie has been around for so long that archeologists have probably dug up a fossilized Gallet clock right next to trilobites. Ok, thats slightly exaggerated, but when a watchmaker has been around since 1466, its fair to say they know a thing or two about horology and watch making. Come the post War boom of the 1950s, a newly formed leisure class found the time, wealth, and appetite for sports such as SCUBA diving, motoring, and sailing. To