The Breguet Type XX was
originally introduced in the 1950s. According to the information from the web,
The Type XX (pronounced “Type 20”) was a French military-issued, utilitarian
timepiece — a project meant to reinvigorate
Naval Air force watches post-World War II, and boost local French manufacturing
at the same time. Loosely based upon the German chronographs used against the
French in the decade prior, the Type XX-style design (as above) was used for
watches produced by a variety of French watchmakers and characterized by a
highly visible, contrasting dial, a flyback chronograph, at least two subdials,
and a bi-directional rotating bezel. Beside Breguet, there are other Swiss and German
watchmakers (Vixa, Auricoste, Dodane)produced these so called Type XX style watches for various parts of
the French military – who would commission the watches. These were owned by the French government and were given to pilots to wear while in the military.
Today, in Swatch group,
Breguet has the highest brand positioning among its brands of watches (Blancpain, Glashutte, Omega, Longines, Tissot, Rado, Swatch etc) and is as
the leading contemporary producer of watches in this style. For the true
collector, it is often the multi-brand, real military pieces that preceded the
Type XX that truly command the desire of many vintage-watch enthusiasts.
I have two Breguet Type XX, one from the 1950s (two registers) and another 3 registers from the 1970s with the Bakelite bezel. The first one was traded with another watch, while the second one was bought from Eddie. Eddie has kept the watch in a tin can for several years and the watch was a NOS. These are my only 2 Breguet watches in my collections.
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