Type XX 3800 Aéronavale

Type XX Aéronavale fly-back chronograph

Developed for the French naval air arm in the 1950s, the Type XX was ahead of its time, and word soon spread to civilians of its exceptional reliability.

Breguet and the Aéronavale : Birth of a mythical Type XX  

The collaboration between Breguet and the Aéronavale has left many memories for former pilots as well as for collectors, and each of them remembers the Breguet Type XX chronograph ordered by the Aéronavale in 1958 to 500 pieces, numbered from 1 to 500, and delivered in 1960, just fifty years ago. Featuring the "flyback" function as all Type XX, and identifiable to the typical reference "BREGUET MARINE NATIONALE AERONAUTIQUE NAVALE" engraved on its caseback, this Type XX model, which remained in service until early 1980, is now one of the most coveted.

Breguet never forgot this collaboration and with the release of  the third generation of Type XX in 1995 (the 3800), the decision was made to baptize it simply "Aéronavale" in memory of this prestigious past .