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The Evolution of a Legend...

TheMuseumEdition Flight OfficerThemost advanced pilot’s watch of the 21stcentury, created in a limited series to benefitthe NationalWatch and Clock Museum.

The World’s Finest ProfessionalTimepieces

2010

GalletFlight Officerin solid 18Kred gold.

The Gallet Flight OfficerYesterday &Today

After Gallet first introduced the famous Flight Officerchronograph in 1938, this extraordinary Swiss timepieceremained as a favorite of both military and civilian aviators fordecades.

Gallet’s Flight Officer is the world’s first wristwatch to combinetime zone calculations with elapsed time recording capabilities,housed within an extremely durable and water resistant case.Due to this, the Flight Officer hasalways been a relativelyexpensive timepiece forlimited military budgets.In spite of the cost,Senator Harry STrumanrecommended the watchas a requirement for pilotsof the US Army Air ForcesduringWWII, and personallywore a Gallet Flight Officerduring his term as America’s33rd president.

Throughout the watch’s 72years of active duty, Gallethas continuously upgradedthe Flight Officer with themost advanced technology available to the timekeeping arts.The very pinnacle of this evolution is expressed in the newMuseum Edition Flight Officer, considered to be the world’smost accurate and highly developed pilot's watch of the21st century.

For more info or to place a reservation:

Gallet Group, SA Gallet & Co., IncPO Box 274 PO Box 9

CH-8702 Zollikon-Zurich Land O Lakes, FL 34639Switzerland USA

Tel: 888.9.GALLET (425538) / International + 813.712.4966

www.GalletWatch.com / [email protected]

Gallet -TheWorld’s OldestWatch and ClockManufacturer

Since clockmaker, Humbertus Gallet, immigrated to Genevain 1466, Gallet timepieces have been the first choice for theworld's most important timekeepingapplications.With a history ofgroundbreaking innovationsand a centuries old traditionof unsurpassed quality, Gallettimepieces were chosen bygovernments, organizations,and individuals that required morefrom a watch than simply telling thetime of day.

With the exception of a few 20th century military contracts,Gallet timepieces were rarely mass-issued to servicemen andindustry employees due to their higher cost. Instead, Gallet’shighly developed timing instruments were commissioned forspecific applications when lesser watches couldn’t meetthe requirements.

Gallet is a renowned pioneer in the timekeeping arts, and oneof only a small handful of independent Swiss watchmakersthat maintain manufacturing facilities. As a result, Galletprivately provides a number of technologically advancedcomponents, hidden within the watches of other exclusivebrands.When Gallet occasionally releases a new version ofone of its own historic models, the quality is the best moneycan buy.

This is especially true of the Museum Edition Flight Officerchronograph.Representing the ultimate synthesis of anumber of the timekeeping innovations Gallet has developedfor others, the new Flight Officer is an absolute marvel in thegenre of professional-use watches.

You can be assured that, as the world’s oldest watch andclock making house with over 500 years of experience inhorological manufacturing, the Gallet Company knows howto build a fine timepiece.

Some of Gallet’s early timekeeping innovations:

• The first wristwatch with a center-originating sweepsecond hand for heart rate calculation (1912)

• The first wrist chronograph with a waterproof case (GalletMultiChron, 1936)

• The first chronograph wristwatch with multiple time zonecalculator (Gallet Flight Officer, 1938)

• The first miniature chronograph wristwatch for profes-sional women (Gallet MultiChron Petite, 1939)

• The first chronograph wristwatch with additional 24 hourGMT hand (Gallet MultiChron Navigator, 1945)

An ExceptionalTimepiecefor an Exceptional Cause

Since providing the funds in 1899 to build the InternationalMuseum ofWatchmaking in Switzerland, Gallet has maintaineda century old tradition of supporting public institutions thatpreserve the history and educate the public about the nobleart of timekeeping.Consistent with this tradition, Gallet isproviding one of the world’s most extraordinary professionalwristwatches in a limited series, with the proceeds used todirectly benefit America’s NationalWatch and Clock Museum*.

Whether you are an exceptionalindividual who understands theimportance of preserving thehistory of this honorable pursuit,or a person who desires to wearthe finest pilot’s watch evercreated, this is an unsurpassedopportunity available to only aselect few.

Exclusively for this unprecedented event, the GalletWatchCompany has re-released its historically famous Flight Officerchronograph in a version that is so highly developed, it isconsidered to be the most advanced aviator’s wristwatch ofthe 21th century.

The Museum Edition Flight Officer is availablein the following 5 small editions:

• 250 in stainless steel at $18,500.00 ea.• 250 in solid 18k yellow gold at $39,800.00 ea.• 250 in solid 18k white gold at $41,250.00 ea.• 250 in solid 18k red gold at $42,500.00 ea.• 50 in solid 950 platinum at $89,700.00 ea.

Purchasers of each watch will be honored with an upper levelmembership for the National Association ofWatch and ClockCollectors, Inc. (NAWCC), the non-profit organization thatmaintains the NationalWatch & Clock Museum in Columbia,Pennsylvania.These exclusive memberships will be grantedat the Silver, Gold, or Platinum levels, congruent with themodel of watch purchased. For more information onmembership levels and benefits, visit the Museum’swebsite at www.NAWCC.org.

Reservations for purchase of this most extraordinary oftimepieces are on a first-come basis.To insure availability anda lower edition number, return the reservation form at yourearliest convenience or reserve by telephone. Interactivereservation forms are also available by visiting us on the web.

*The NationalWatch and Clock Museum is theWestern Hemisphere’slargest museum devoted to timepieces and timekeeping.

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The Gallet MuseumEdition Flight Officer“The Ultimate Pilot’s Chronograph”

“No other pilot’s watch comes close to the quality and features of Gallet’s new Flight Officer.”

The Museum Edition Flight Officer, powered byGallet’s in-house manufactured MultiChron“Duo-force” calibre G330, is the world’s onlyself-winding, split rattrapante chronographpowered by twin mainsprings. Besides theextended duration of 72 hours between winds,this unique synthesis of features insures thehighest level of chronometer accuracy,regardless of whether the watch is onlyutilized for telling the time, or when one orboth of the separate time recordingmechanisms are activated.

As the ultimate pilot’s wristwatch, the MuseumEdition Flight Officer is designed to provide thewearer with the ability to calculate the timeacross all 24 of the world’s time zones. Bysetting the outer periphery of the dial (face)to the wearer’s home location, and rotating thebezel to a second time zone, the current time ofany place on the earth becomes clearly visible.

The Museum Edition Flight Officer is alsoequipped with an extra large quick-setting datefeature and housed in a nearly indestructible42mm diameter case, water resistant to 100meters or 328 feet, with screw down windingcrown and screw-lock activation pushers.

Features & Specifications• Dramatic 42mm diameter case• In-house manufactured MultiChron calibre• Highly efficient automatic self-winding system• 51 ruby jewel friction protection• “Duo-Force” twin mainspring barrels• Silicium (silicon) escape wheel• 72 hour (3 day) power reserve• 28,800 vibrations per hour escapement• 12 hour recording chronograph• Split rattrapante via auxiliary pusher• C.O.S.C. chronometer accuracy across all functions

• In-house manufactured dial with “Big Date” window• Super Luminova luminous hands and numbers• Crown controlled rotating cities dial for home time zone• Time zone calculating click-lock bezel• Curved non-glare sapphire crystal• Non-glare sapphire exhibition back• 100 meters (328 ft.) water protection• Screw-lock crown and pushers• Hand built and tested one watch at a time• Each watch individually numbered• 10 year full-service warranty

The NewCalibre G330Movement

The simple yet elegant appearance of Gallet’s new Duo-Forcecalibre G330 belies the highly complicated mechanism that ishidden within.The result of 5 years of intensive development,the MultiChron Duo-Force is the perfect integration of over 440individually finished parts.

Vibrating at an amazing 28,800 beats per hour, any potentialtiming errors inherent to most mechanical timepieces arevirtually eliminated.To further support this faster rate ofvibration, the escape wheel is constructed of pure Silicium.This cutting edge material requires no lubrication andremains free from the negative effects that changes intemperature and normal degradation of watch oils haveon a movement’s accuracy.

The extra power to drive this highly advanced system is derivedfrom Gallet’s own “Duo-Force” twin barrel configuration.Twoseparate mainsprings, precisely engineered to work in perfectsynergy, consistently deliver the exact level of force to theescapement, regardless of the total amount of themainspring wind or whichever of the complicated timerecording features is activated.

All of these combined factors result in a mechanism that willperform at the most impressive levels of certified chronometeraccuracy, at all times, in all conditions, and across all functions.

In line with Gallet’s long held reputation for extreme durability,every point of potential friction between moving parts isprotected against wear by 51 solid ruby bearings, insuringlifetimes of reliable service on the wrist of the professional user.

Reservation Form

All fields are required for your reservation to be processed.To guaranteeyour reservation, a 50% deposit of the purchase price must be includedwith your reservation.Every Museum Edition Flight Officer movement issubmitted to the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (C.O.S.C.)for chronometer certification before each watch is individually handassembled and tested.As a result, the current wait time between placinga reservation and receiving your watch is approximately 6 to 8 months.

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� Stainless Steel - 18,500 USD ea. Quantity: ______� 18kYellow Gold - 39,800 USD ea. Quantity: ______� 18kWhite Gold - 41,250 USD ea. Quantity: ______� 18k Rose Gold - 42,500 USD ea. Quantity: ______� 980 Platinum - 89,700 USD ea. Quantity: ______

Detach and return to:Gallet & Co., Inc,PO Box 9, Land O Lakes, FL 34639, USA

Reserve by phone:888-9-GALLET (425538) USA & Canada

International + 813-712-4966

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