Between the 1950s, when Breguet designed a chronograph at the request of the French Air Force to complement the military equipment of airmen and mechanics aboard aircraft, and to enable them to wear a reliable, robust instrument on their wrists that was as easy to read as it was to handle, and today, four generations of Type XX have succeeded one another in the watch brand’s catalog.
Approved in 1954, after winning an invitation to tender by meeting a demanding set of specifications, this tried-and-tested tool became a collection in 1995, a space in which it evolved, proliferated under the guise of various variants, underwent a few transformations in line with the tastes and desires of the times, until the arrival of two new ambassadors in June 2023. Each model in this pairing has the same name, but spelled differently to respect both their origins and specificities, as well as their aesthetics, some of which have been borrowed from previous versions. The Type 20 reference 2057, formerly developed for the French Air Force, inherits the “military” moniker and a graphic design based on two counters, a small seconds hand at 9 o’clock and an oversized totalizer at 3 o’clock, and a period look with its fluted bezel and conical crown complementing the 42mm-diameter steel case, while the Type XX reference 2067, based on the design commissioned by the Aéronautique Navale in the late 1950s, adopts the “civilian” designation and stands out for its notched bezel, trio of counters and Alpha-type hands.
