Here is something you dont see very often...there is a Venus 140 movement inside. Ive never heard of this brand, but I believe its a Gallet made piece. Anyone familiar with this?

 

One button or two?

BXP import code on my watches:

Glycine, Imperial, Norwich, Bayer, Pretzfelder & Mills, Ulysse Nardin

 

two buttons, bottom is start/stop, top reset

AXP code on movement.

The 2nd one is stunning!

 

here is the movement.

I found the following info online:

Looks like its from 1940?

The Multichron Regulator was introduced by Gallet in the late 20’s, specifically designed for users who needed to prioritise timing over the time of the day. Featuring only a small subdial at 12 o’clock telling the time, the rest of the dial was reserved for the chronograph function with various scales used and a minute counter at 6 o’clock. Powered by the Venus 140, Gallet acquired the exclusive rights to this movement and also provided ‘private-label’ Regulators to other brands. The example you see here today is one of those, acquired by Aristo and featuring an anonymous dial.

 

Aristo Import Co. Inc, Ed. Kummer, Ebauche Bettlach, Juvenia

 

I have a Heuer A&F with that code too

 

You would expect AXF on that one. Are you sure its not AXF? They do look a tad similar

 

sorry, you are correct its AXF

 

No apologies needed.... I just had the chart up still so it was an easy cross check. I’ve made a billion times worse errors today lol.

 

Great pieces in this thread, thanks for sharing

 

There is something rather charming about this piece.