Take a Type XX, and Add some specificities...
1st of All, a platinum case...
Then, a special salmon dial, in rose gold, with platinum applied numbers...
Did you notice the circles on the main part of the dial?
Here you go, with this pic:
As Breguet is Breguet, the things are not so simple.
Where many other manufactures will only work on the main part of the dial, Breguet also works on the finish of the counters.
That is remarkable, and very meaningful about the willing from Breguet to make things perfect, even if not easily noticeable...
2 of the 3 counters are differently finished, and only the Hour Counter borrows the same finish than the main dial, with no separation between the main dial and the Hour Counter..
The small seconds subdial:
The Minute subdial:
Well, this is not a different treatment of the subdials, as they also have a circular finish, BUT the look, the impression is great, even if, as I said, not easliy noticeable...
You spend a lot of time admiring these curves, the meeting of the curves of the main dial and the subdials...
Another great thing is the quality of the applied numbers.
If I'm not wrong, on the current Type XX, the numbers are paint.
Here, they are applied, and Breguet did it perfectly, not as we could see with the IWC Regulateurs ( not the Wempe, but the current ones )...
The surprises and differences don't only concern the dila, but the case back.
On the current Type XX, the case back is a solid one.
Here, as for the SS LE, the case back has a sapphire to let the owner of this watch have a look on the Movement.
Let's have a deeper look.
The movement is an automatic Lemania, with a correct finish,.
I say only correct, because when you see a VC or a PP Chrono, which also use a Lemania ( manual, not automatic, the outcome is obviously greater...).
But the movement on this special Type XX is far from ugly!
Cotes de Geneve, some " anglages ", we have the Traditionnal codes of Horology, here...
We even have polished screws, which is an interesting alrenative to the blued screws we see in the Lange and other watches from other manufactures...
I regret that Breguet didn't work more on the rotor.
Yes, it has a Cotes De Geneve decoration, but it would have been nicer to have a skeleton rotor, or something more sophisitcated on such a beautiful piece, IMO...
Hope that this little trip inside this Special Type XX will please you...
Best.
By Nicolas
From http://breguet.watchprosite.com/
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