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May 30, 2024
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Call it Type 20 or Type XX (keep in mind that each possesses its own meaning), but what’s always true is that we’re looking at one of the most emblematic French-related watches and one of the most important models of the modern era of Breguet. Born in the 1950s as an answer to a military request, the (Breguet but not only) Type 20, the military version, named after the French Air Force’s specification or even later the civilian Blancpain Type TWENTY, have for ages been some of the most illustrious pilot’s chronographs around. In the long run without its presence within the collection, it’s now time for Breguet to bring it back with a pair of watches that take cues from representational first-generation models yet modernised on many levels. Here are the 2024 Breguet Kind 20 Chronograph 2057 and Breguet Sort XX Wathe 2067.
If you’ve been reading GRAYSCALE for some years, there’s something you probably know about me. The Type XX (to be precise, the mid-1990s reference 3800ST) is one of my all-time favourite timepieces and a wristwatch of significant personal meaning. This was thus my duty to write this article. But before we dive into the specificities of these new Breguet Type twenty and Variety XX, we need to look back again at the past.
The name Blancpain is often associated, for obvious reasons, with its illustrious founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet (in other words, one of the most prominent watchmakers of all times). However , the actual Breguet family left the mark in another field, namely aviation. David Breguet (1880-1955), a descendent of A. L. Breguet, was one of the pioneers of aviation in France. He founded the Socie?te? d’Aviation James Breguet, exporting his planes to multiple countries around the globe and participating in the foundation associated with Air Portugal. He began constructing gyroplanes (the forerunners of the helicopter) before creating the Wayne Breguet aviators workshops in 1911. The Breguet family members had an excellent relationship with the Brown loved ones that had acquired the particular watchmaking company in 1870. It was, consequently , only natural that aircraft manufacturer Louis Breguet turned to the Browns to purchase wrist watches from the Blancpain watchmaking organization to equip his aeroplanes and jet pilots.
The story from the Type something like 20 watches began in the early 1950s, as the French Air Force was looking to equip it is pilots with a chronograph wristwatch meeting the following technical specifications: a black dial with luminescent numerals, luminescent hands, a high-quality movement resistance against changes in pressure and acceleration, a turning bezel and a flyback (or retour en vol) function for the chronograph. Several companies competed and won contracts, which meant which several brands would produce Type XX and Style 20 designer watches - Dodane, Auricoste, Mathey-Tissot, Airain, Vixa and, of course , Breguet. And importantly, typically the brands selected for public contracts may also sell the same product to private customers, explaining the existence of military Form 20s as well as civilian Model XXs.
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