- Model: Gallet Multichron Yachting (regular size)
- Year: c. 1949
- Material: Stainless steel
- Size: 37 mm diameter
- Movement: Specially modified EP4
Ask any vintage chronograph collector and chances are that ‘Gallet’ will be mentioned. Gallet is the world’s oldest watch and clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became a citizen of Genève in 1466
In 1945, Gallet introduces the MultiChron Yachting chronograph. The Yachting is the world’s first wrist chronograph with 15-10-5 regatta count down timer for racing. The purpose of yachting chronographs are to allow the skipper to keep track of the countdown period before a yacht race begins. The counter is divided into 5 min segments and allows the wearer to count down from 15min before the regatta begins.
Besides it use on the water, the MultiChron Yachting functions as an all-purpose 45 minute chronograph.
