$7,800
White Gold Type XX Breguet, Transatlantique - Type XX , Automatic, Ref. 3820. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold military-type wristwatchwith fly-back round button chronograph, registers, date and a Breguet white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, bidirectional revolving graduated bezel, reeded band, screwed-down case back and crown, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals and luminous squares, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 5820, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes The Type XX, launched in 1954, became the most successful and post-war aviator's watch. In the 70's Breguet launched the second generation, for civilian use. The third generation of Type XX Aeronavale is now on the market. Type XX features the instantaneous fly-back feature. This function, highly appreciated by pilots and aeronautical authorities, was incorporated in all Type XX models and in dashboard chronographs.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-10-17
