Chronograph Type XX and the retour en vol device. Louis Breguet (1880-1955), developed a keen interest iuu aeronautics, conquering the air iu 1907 in his gyroplane, the first helicopter in the world to leave ground with a passenger. Soon afterwards was established the Lotus-Breguet aircraft industry. Meanwhile, the watchmaking firm Breguet, saw a new opening and began producing watches for pilots or to be fitted on aircrafts. 1Ion/res Breguet therefore introduced chronographs with registers and tachymietric scale and among their first clients were, 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 hpe 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, launched Ile seconde generation of then edited these models for civilians. Breguet 's third generation of Type XX, Type XX Aerouavule, is now on the market. The peculiarity of the Type XX chronograph is that it featur es the retour en vol, or «instantaneous fly-back,, device. This Ruction, highly appreciated by pilots and aeronautical authorities, was incorporated iu all 'Ivpe XX models and in chronographs to he fitted in aircraft dashboards. The retour en vol device is a great time saver, reducing three actions to one, since it allows the chronograph hand to return to zero by simply depressing the lower posh-button; consequently, the chronograph hand, back at zero, can restart i mmediately.