11,241 CHF
Breguet, No. 1695, sold on February 4, 1955. Fine, waterproof, stainless steel aviator wristwatch Type XX, with retour en vol round button chronograph chronograph and register, with stainless steel bezel. three body, polished, screwed case back, graduated bezel. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials "Baton" radium-coated hands. Notes These watches were used by the Marine Nationale Iraneaise and the AeronautiqueNavale frantaise. Tests were made at the C.E.V. ( Centre d'Essai en Vol). These watches were the property of the State and it was very rare that they would be given to pilots. Each of these chronographs were overhauled every year either by the Dodane Manufacture or by the Service Officiel de Contrdle de la rnarche des montres deBesan{on ( Cetehor) . The symbol F. G. on the "end of warranty" (Fin de Garantic) and was together with the date of the next control. 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. MoiihrsTi uettherefore introduced chronographs with registers and tachymetric scale and among their first clients were, of course, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-04-24
