9,775 CHF
Breguet, Type XX, 1970’s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator’s wristwatch with retour en vol round button chronograph and register with black bezel. Three-body, polished, screwed case back, graduated revolving bezel, lapidated lugs. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 45 minutes register dials “Bâton” tritium-coated hands. 14’’’, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Signed on the dial, numbered on the case.Diam. 38 mm. Notes Chronograph Type XX and the retour en vol device.Louis Breguet (1880-1955) developed a keen interest in aeronautics, conquering the air in 1907 in his gyroplane, the first helicopter in the world to leave ground with a passenger. Soon afterwards was established the “Louis Breguet” aircraft industry. Meanwhile, the watchmaking firm Breguet, saw a new opening and began producing watches for pilots or to be fitted on aircrafts. “Montres Breguet” therefore introduced chronographs with registers and tachometric scale and among their first clients wre, of course, the American Air Force in 1918 and the “Louis Breguet” aircraft industry in 1922. The number of clients soon increased, especially in the fifties.The chronograph wristwatch Type XX, launched in 1954, became the most successful and most famous post-war aviator’s watch. Though at first these watches were intended for the strict use of air forces, Breguet, in the 70’s, launc
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
