Breguet Ref 3820 – Transatlantique Type XX in 18K WG – 39mm
| BRAND: |
BREGUET |
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MODEL: |
TRANSATLANTIQUE TYPE XX – REF 3820 |
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YEAR: |
CONTEMPORARY |
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MATERIAL: |
18K WHITE GOLD |
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SIZE – DIAMETER EXCLUDING WINDING CROWN: |
39MM |
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SIZE – LENGTH INCLUDING LUGS: |
46MM |
| CONDITION: |
VERY GOOD |
| BOX: | NO |
| PAPER: | NO |
| PRICE: |
SOLD |
Mythic Breguet Ref 3820 – Transatlantique Type XX in 18K WG – 39mm
Top of the art Breguet reference 3820 Transatlantique Type XX with grey round dial and Arabic numerals for hours and three sub dials for minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. The window for the date is at 6 o’clock. It is a T Swiss T model. The watch has white gold hands with Sword style. The watch has a unidirectional bezel graduated up to 50. The screwed crown comes with the Breguet logo. The watch has a screwed 18K white gold back case with engraved outside “Breguet Type XX – Automatique – 3760 H – Etanche 100M – Ref 3820 – Transatlantique”. The watch comes with an automatic movement with caliber 582Q and 24 jewels. The watch comes with a black alligator Breguet strap and white gold double clasp. Width between lugs is 21mm.
History
Abraham Louis Breguet was born in 1747 from a French family in Neuchatel, the genius of all master watchmakers. He started his shop in Paris in 1775 and was forced to leave during the revolution. He came back to Paris in1795. Breguet watches were for the prince, tsars, emperors or kings. You even find the Breguet name in the French literature. Inventions are enormous, like the ultimate pocket-watches, the selfwinding “Montres Perpetuelles”, the tact watches, the tourbillon, the Breguet balance spring to name a few. The height of his achievement was the Marie-Antoinette watch in which he combined all the complications. He died in 1823 and then Antoine Louis and Louis Breguet ran the company. In 1870, the works foreman Edward Brown took over the company and 100 years later, it was acquired by the Chaumet’s brothers. Since 1999 the company is owned by the Swatch group. Under their aegis, in 2006, Breguet produced a brilliant double tourbillon.
Technical details
Breguet automatic movement with caliber 582Q with 24 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The power reserve is 48 hours.
Measurements
Diameter excluding winding crown: 39mm
Length including lugs: 46mm
