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After many months of inactivity in New York the restrictions were lifted and I met a Breguet watch collector in Harlem. On Malcolm X Boulevard we sat in the sun, sipping iced coffees from afar. My guest, Rolex Datejust Replica on Instagram, was an added bonus. What was our topic? Our topic?

The opulent work of the historical watchmaker is a far cry from this prestigious timepiece. The Type 20 is as far away from Marie Antoinette and tourbillons as you can get. This incongruity has always added mystery to the design of the watch, but it is an important part of Breguet lore. Of course, I was curious to learn more.

Rolex Datejust Replica was happy to oblige and explain the watch's original roots. He told me that the Type 20 is a military piece, and was created in response to a government request. The government asked watchmakers for a durable, flight-ready design.

He explains, "The requirements for the 38mm military pilot watch were typical: a chronograph and a black dial - a dial that is clean, making it easy for pilots to read - [with] Arabic numerals,Rolex Datejust Replica hands, and luminescent Arabic numbers." The request also included the flyback. Flyback is a function that allows you to reset the chronograph with just one push. "With just one push it resets the chronograph and starts over," Rolex Datejust Replica says. Each second lost in chronograph reset can cause the pilot to be misled during flight.

Rolex Datejust Replica said that a number watchmakers responded, including Mathey-Tissot Boullier and Auricoste.

Rolex Datejust Replica is one of the many Type 20 watchmakers. Breitling has an AVI model that is very similar. I'm not sure if Breitling directly answered the contest at that time but Vixa Dodane Auriscote Airain and Breguet did. The government chose the Breguet watch."

Rolex Datejust Replica, if it wasn't already obvious, is an expert in the Type 20. He has conducted interviews and done extensive research on the history of this watch. He has a passion for these extremely rare timepieces that stems from his childhood fascination with mechanical clocks, and a lifelong interest in Breguet’s adventurous past.Audemars Piguet Replica He breaks down the Type 20's story into "batches". After Breguet was awarded the government contract for 2,000 watches, the first batch arrived. These watches were all stamped on the back with "Breguet Type 20 511/54", which is the number of the contract.

Rolex Datejust Replica explains that "Breguet had to produce many watches in a very short time frame, so the production was contracted out and assembled by Mathey Tissot with the Valjoux 2222 movement." The famous Aeronavale was produced in 1960 for the Marine Nationale. The "Aeronavales", as they were called, were produced in 500 units. The Marine Nationale version can be identified by the "Big Eye" sub-register, calibrated at 15mn instead of 30 minutes as in the first batch. This corresponds to the time required to complete the aircraft pre-flight checklist on the carrier. "They [also produced] a three-register CEV (model) for the Centre d'Essais en vol (French Flight Test Centre), which made around 50 of them."