Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 460

Breguet Type XX, No. 3385. Produced in the 1950s, with steel bezel. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with "retour en vol" round button chronograph and registers.

C. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, graduated and reeded revolving bezel, concave lugs, dust-protecting cap.D. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals , auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour- and the 30-minute registers. Radium-coated ?Bâton? hands. M. 14''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Signed on the dial, numbered on the case.Diam. 38 mm.