50,600 HKD
Breguet "Type XX", No. 21663. Pro-duced in the 1970's.Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with retour en vol round button chronograph and registers, with black bezel. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, graduated revolving bezel, lapidated lugs. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 15 minutes registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated hands. Notes Retour en volThe title "retour en vol" refers to the instantaneous fly-back feature of the chronograph work. A single push on the lower chronograph button, "zero's" the chronograph hand while still in motion, which then restarts immediatly, avoiding the need for a pilot to break concentration from the control of the plane.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
