97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 109

Gallet & Co. Swiss by Racine "MultiChron Pilot", Case No. 963188, Cal. Excelsior Park 40-68, 38 x 43 mm, circa 1970
An attractive vintage wristwatch with chronograph, 30 min. and 12h counter, black tachy scale, red telemeter scale and "Panda Dial" for the US-American market - with original box
Case: steel, screw back, reeded, turnable black bezel. Dial: silvered.
The MultiChron Pilot was first introduced in 1941 and is one of Gallet's most popular racing and aviation chronographs, is characterized by its three subsidiary registers, rotating 12-hour time zone bezel, and telemeter & tachymeter scales printed on the periphery of the dial. The Pilot model was first powered by the Venus calibre 150, then the famous Valjoux calibre 72, with a few examples utilizing the extraordinary Excelsior Park calibre 40.68 movement with low-mass Glucydur balance wheel, the watch was know to be one of the most accurate professional chronographs of the 20th century.
Source: http://www.galletworld.com/gallet_watch_multichron_pilot.html, as of 03/31/2018.

Sold

estimated
1.6002.500 €
Price realized
3.300 €