Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 119

"Type XX" Breguet, "Aéronavale" Type XX, No. 29475, Ref. 3800. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with "retour en vol" round button chronograph and registers, with stainless steel Breguet deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, screwed case back and crown, graduatedrevolving bezel, reeded band, sapphire crystal. D. Black, tritiumcoatedArabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, andthe 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated hands.M. Cal. 582, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometerregulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm.