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  1. Ron_W Mar 29, 2021

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  2. ikanbilisclub Apr 14, 2021

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  3. hejsam Apr 16, 2021

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    Multichron with valjoux 72
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  4. ikanbilisclub Apr 16, 2021

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    Very nice! Did you recently pick this up?
     
  5. hejsam Apr 16, 2021

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    Thank you, no I have owned this for a while!
    Did you see a similar sold recently, if so can you share? I would like to know a roughly value of these.
     
  6. ikanbilisclub Apr 16, 2021

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    unfortunately, I haven't one come up for sale as of late. that's why i was curious whether you had recently purchased it haha.
    yeah not sure how to value these really! i'd say priceless :)

    the two multichron 12Hs i've seen was the Hodinkee one that sold recently and the Jim Clark listed on Bulang & Sons but both have EP movements.

    yours is in lovely condition!
     
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  7. TexOmega Apr 16, 2021

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    A great dial, movement/case and 37mm size makes for a nice pkg. $6k......starting to get up there with the big boys.
     
  8. TexOmega Apr 16, 2021

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    Mine has the EP4 at 37mm

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    and a much better case back.
     
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  9. ikanbilisclub Apr 16, 2021

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  10. hejsam Apr 17, 2021

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    Yes the size at 37mm is great and with the EP and val72 movements it really is a great composition. But this is not a 6k watch IMO, rather the half I would think.
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  11. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Apr 17, 2021

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    Clean watches like yours are hard to come by. I’m not sure about $3k. I’d peg it around $4k ...
     
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  12. hejsam Apr 17, 2021

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    You probably are right, I’m not that in to Gallet prices actually.
    And mine is not perfect, there is a stain at the base scale at 2 o’clock and something below the logo. But I would sell it for 4k any day!
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  13. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Apr 17, 2021

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    Actually ... the blemishes are gonna knock it back to your number. Did not see those.
     
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  14. hejsam Apr 17, 2021

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    Agreed!
     
  15. Joe_A Apr 17, 2021

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    Had an interesting catch recently . . .

    First, two seller images that caught my eye:

    (I guess we caught each other ;) )

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    Under some lighting angles, the luminous material looks off-white, but actually it is a pale mint-green.

    This watch, for it's age, has the least amount of wear of any of the other vintage watches in my collection. This is MC 12H #4 for me.

    The facets are razor sharp:

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    Please excuse the leftover (very light) metal polish!

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    Last one for now. I would not want to overdue it. :)

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    Movement is an unsigned EP40-68 and there is no JXR stamp.

    The previous owner is from the UK and he bought the watch in Germany some years ago and did not wear it.

    Edit: Turns out that what appeared to be light scratches on the ring that surrounds the crystal in the seller's photos . . . was dirt!
     
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  16. Andrew C Apr 24, 2021

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    Not my best picture, but here’s my late 70s Multichron pilot.
     
  17. sxl2004 Apr 24, 2021

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    ???????
    ;)
     
  18. Andrew C Apr 24, 2021

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    Oops!
     
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  19. seekingseaquest Aug 25, 2021

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    A couple Gallets entered my collection recently - a valjoux 72C powered Multichron Calendar (from an OF member) and an Excelsior Park 40-68 powered Multichron 12. I suspect these won’t be my last Gallets..

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  20. Joe_A Aug 25, 2021

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    If you have two already, you're probably hooked. ;-)

    Shortly after I purchased the near-pristine champagne dialed MC-12H above with blued mint-lumed hands and mint-lumed dial, the seller let me know that he had one more MC 12H that he had not listed as yet . . . and would I be interested?

    A couple of his photos . . .

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    Could I have said: "No, that is one ugly watch and I have no interest in purchasing it whatsoever!"? ;)

    Not hardly.

    Here it is on my wrist before sending it off to RGM for a full service.

    It was very stiff as if the lubrication was long dried out. It, like the one before it, obviously spent a lot of time in a safe or in a drawer.

    More photos when it returns.

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    At this point I have six Gallet watches in my collection . . .

    A 1916 Gallet Electa trench watch.
    One MC-45 M Snow White seen a couple days ago in the WRUW Today thread.
    And four MC 12H watches including a "Jim Clark" EP 40-68 watch, an EP 40-68 Evil Snow White and the above two, each also housing an EP 40-68.

    ~ Joe
     
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