Agreed, Larry,
Below is an example of a Gallet watch with an EP42 movement that, according one who is an expert, is a 1939 watch, but with an original 1945 dial:
"SWISS" looks pretty amateurish . . . and what should we make of the bleeding of the ink on the old-style Gallet numerals?
Sometimes the angle of a shot and/or possible distortion brought about by a "lens effect" traceable to crystal irregularity results in a questionable effect . . .
. . . and sometimes the original dial may have been printed with flaws or may have otherwise aged poorly.
And sometimes its a redial.
I know very little for certain myself. I'm mostly here to learn. 馃槈
Nice to see one with the case intact. Most of these were scrapped for their metal content.
The movment is Landeron. Probably a 51. A lower end chronograph movement mass produced in the millions.
As often stated rough value can be estimated by looking at closed or ended auction listings.
I have around a dozen movement most of what do not have cases. White metal plated cases are the most common. Stainless cases the most desirable. Gold does not really work well with chronos what were working watches. Gold filled is probably the least desirable.
There are some threads here on the successors to Gallet Use the search term site with a colon followed by omegaforums.net and the quiery which in this case is Gallet.
