9,200 CHF
Breguet, 1950's. Fine stainless waterproof, stainless steel gentleman's military wristwatch with "retour en vol" round button chronograph and registers. olished, screwed back, revolving bezel graduated for 12 hours. black with radiumed Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers. "Skeleton" radiumed hands. Notes This watch is the most complicated of all the French Military wristwatches : the "three register" Breguet chronograph was developed from the Navy model, with both 15 minutes and 12 hours registers, as well as a continuous auxiliary seconds. An additional feature was the adjustable bezel graduated for 12 hours. The title "retour en vol" referas to the instantaneous fly-back feature of the chronograph work. A single push on the lower chronograph button, zero's the chronograph hand whilst still in motion, which then restarts immediatly, avoiding the need for a pilot to break concentration from the controls of the plane.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1995-04-22
