6,000 CHF
Type XX Breguet, ”Type XX”, case No. 7853, Ref. 5101. Made circa 1954. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with "retour en vol" round button chronograph and register. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, bi-directional graduated reeded bezel, concave lugs. Black with luminous painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer minute and 1/5th second track with radial Arabic numerals. Luminous white baton hands. Cal. Valjoux 222, rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, case signed and numbered. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
