Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Oct 08, 2016

LOT 39

BREGUET REF. 3820 "TYPE XX" CHRONOGRAPH AUTOMATIC PINK GOLD Breguet, "Transatlantique - Type XX," Automatic, case No. 41746, Ref. 3820. Made in the 2000s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold military-type wristwatch with fly-back round button chronograph, registers, date and a Breguet pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a guarantee booklet (blank).

Three-body, solid, polished, bi-directional revolving graduated bezel, reeded band, screwed-down case back and crown, domed sapphire crystal. Black with painted Arabic numerals and applied gold squares, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous pink gold bâton hands. Cal. 5820, rhodium- plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.