Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 116

BREGUET REF. 3800, TYPE XX AERONAVALE Breguet, ?Aeronavale Type XX", Automatic, No. 31944, Ref. 3800. Made circa 2000. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button fly-back chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Breguet link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished, curved lugs, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with arrow, screwed-down crown and engraved case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute/ seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 60-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 5820, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length: 160 mm.