About Breguet: Founded in Paris in 1775 by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the Breguet maison stands among the oldest continuously operating watchmakers in the world. Its founder is credited with inventing the tourbillon, the perpetuelle self-winding mechanism, and the guilloché dial finishing still associated with the brand today. Breguet's historic clientele included Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie-Antoinette, and its watches remain instantly recognizable by the signature Breguet hands and coin-edged case. Now part of the Swatch Group, Breguet continues to blend two and a half centuries of horological heritage with contemporary precision engineering, producing timepieces that are as technically accomplished as they are historically significant.
About the Type XX-XXl-XXll: The Type XX was born from a 1954 specification for the French Air Force and Navy, developed as a rugged, highly legible pilot's chronograph for military aviators. Its defining feature is the flyback function, allowing the chronograph to be instantly reset and restarted mid-flight with a single push — a detail that still sets the collection apart today. Over the decades the line evolved into the Type XXI and Type XXII, adding features like a 24-hour display and, in the XXII, a high-frequency movement with second time zone. Modern references such as the Transatlantique carry that aviation lineage forward in a robust stainless steel case built for daily wear.