A Stainless Steel Military Chronograph Wristwatch with Registers, Breguet, 'Type XX', Circa 1975

nickel lever movement, 17 jewels, glucydur balance, precision regulator, black dial, luminescent Arabic numerals with white baton indexes, large luminescent hands, three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 15 minute and 12 hour registers, circular water-resistant-type case with enlarged black rotating bezel calibrated for 60 units, downturned lugs, two round chronograph buttons in the band, screw back, case numbered and dial signed.

Breguet began producing this model, the 'Type XX', around the time of World War II as a heavy-duty chronograph watch for military use. Its black dial and large sized numerals were typical of such watches.

The present lot is an edition of this model produced in the 1970s. Today, Breguet has the Type XX Aeronavale and Transatlantique (see lots 163 and 275 in this sale) in its current production line. These watches are the modern-day versions of the present lot.