Breguet Chronographe

BREGUET Chronograph Type XX Gendarmerie Nationale circa 196 - Lot 20

BREGUET Chronograph Type XX Gendarmerie Nationale circa 1964 Case: Round steel with graduated external rotating bezel. Screw-down caseback. Dial: Black service dial with Arabic numeral hour markers and three sub-dials for the seconds and chronograph function. Service hands. Movement: Mechanical Valjoux 720 (13-line movement with 15-minute and 12-hour totalizers) Diameter: 38mm. Lug width: 19mm. Sold with period box and period photo of the owner with the watch on his wrist. This example was sold on September 14, 1964, to the Gendarmerie Nationale for 673 Francs. We would like to thank Montre Bréguet SA, and especially Mr. Emmanuel Bréguet, for providing us with this valuable information extracted from the archives.