Breguet Type XXI
A pillar of watchmaking tradition, Breguet has a long and distinguished lineage. Its founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet is considered by many as the father of watchmaking. Indeed, he is one of the greatest horologists of all time. Since 1775, clients have included Napoleon Bonaparte, Marie-Antoinette, Winston Churchill, Alexander Dumas, Princes, Dukes, Sultans and Kings. Breguet's influence on watchmaking is unequalled. He perfected the self-winding watch, created the first oil-free escapement, incorporated the first shock absorber into a timepiece, developed perpetual date mechanisms, and invented and patented the Tourbillon. Signature Breguet styling is evident in today's masterpieces; blue steel hands, guilloche engraving, and the fluted caseband.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TYPE XXI: FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WITH CENTRAL MINUTES -COUNTER Reference: 3810BR/92/9ZU

Case: round, in 18-carat pink gold, with fluted caseband. Rounded horns. Two -way rotating bezel with 60-minute scale. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 100 metres.

Dial: in blackened rhodium, signed BREGUET. Chapter-ring with Arabic numerals. Luminous hands and hours. Central chronograph minutes and seconds. Day/night indicator at 3 o'clock. 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock. Small seconds at 9 o'clock. Date in an aperture at 6 o?clock.

Movement: self-winding, 13¾-ligne, 25-jewel, cal. 582, numbered and signed BREGUET. Lever escapement. Monometallic balance -wheel. Adjusted in 5 positions. The flyback function: pressing the lower button returns the chronograph to zero and restarts it immediately. Without this function, three separate operations would be necessary to achieve the same result.

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