Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 434

White Gold Type XX Breguet, Transatlantique - Type XX , Automatic, Ref. 3820. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold militarytype wristwatch with fly-back round button chronograph, registers, date and a Breguet white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, bidirectional revolving graduated bezel, reeded band, screwed-down case back and crown, domed sapphire crystal. D. 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. M. Cal. 5820, rhodiumplated, 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.