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Back to watches, Montgomery Ward partnered with Swiss watch brands in order to offer the highest quality watches through their seasonal print catalogs. LeGant is a link play on the word "elegant" in an attempt to position these watches as fancy and high end to link catalog customers. I have come across LeGant chronographs made by Zenith before link but I believe this one was made by Gallet as it looks sneakily similar to the Multichron 45.

The white gold model, however, brings something different. While the steel and 18K red gold pieces are link paired with leather straps, link the white link gold model has a matching mesh bracelet. Laurent Jolliet, one of the few remaining Swiss chain-makers, created this fine accessory by hand.

This is just a link theory, but it would vintage omega ladies watch seem that these official guidelines are what gave rise to the clean white display devoid of any typical branding link associated with the DW-5600, instead simply wearing the NASA logo above the digital display. It's a real looker.