1950s Gallet Alarm

Why This Watch Matters A rare instance of a Gallet wristwatch without a chronograph function, this alarm represents the brand reacting to its core market and offers neat usability, even today. The Full Story Gallet is known for its chronograph production, and oftentimes, its watches were built and designed with specialized purposes in mind. Gallet built a number of different chronographs, all for different functions, including those with decimal scales for industrial purposes, pulsation scales for doctors, yachting registers for boat racing, tachymeter scales for tracking speed, and telemeter scales for tracking distance via sound. Alongside those renowned chronographs, Gallet dipped its toes into a few less complicated wristwatches. One of the very few non-chronograph models collectors find in the vintage market from the brand are alarm watches. Fitted with movements from ébauche maker A. Schild, these Gallet alarms were produced in the 1950s following the introduction of Vulcain's Cr