Breguet · Type XX
Bespoke strap for Breguet Type XX
Casati Milano builds bespoke straps for the Breguet Type XX, from the military Type 20 of the 1950s to today's 2057 and 2067, in the atelier on Via XX Settembre in Milan or by video call wherever you are: the size read from the archive of your reference, the leather chosen together, four or five weeks of work, care for the first eighteen months included.
- By appointment only
- In the atelier in Milan or by video call
- Four to five weeks
- Eighteen months of care
Lug width
Your Breguet Type XX with the leathers of the atelier
Matte Louisiana alligator leather
Anthracite
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Real photographs of the atelier’s leathers. No generated images.
The measurement
We do not ask you. The atelier's archive knows the Type XX references one by one: the lug width, the case, the years. Below is what the archive says today; from the reference the rest follows. The watch stays on your wrist.
What changes for the strap
The end of the strap follows the profile of the case between the two lugs. The archive tells you the lug width of your reference.
The leather
Alligator, box calf, suede, shell cordovan: the leather is chosen together, in the atelier or by video call. Where it passes between the lugs the strap is as thin as needed; at the wrist it returns to its full thickness. The calf lining, the edges painted in several layers, the hand stitching in saddle stitch.
The time
Four to five weeks from confirmation. In the atelier on Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are. Care for the first eighteen months is included.
The next step
The right strap is not chosen. It is built together.
In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are.
Request an appointment →Casati Milano · Via XX Settembre 15, Milan · by appointment only
From the 1950s to today
The Type 20 was born in the early 1950s from a specification of the French military aviation: a chronograph with flyback function for pilots. Type 20 in Arabic numerals for the military, Type XX for the civilian versions. In 1995 it returned with the 3800; in 2023 the 2057 and the 2067 took up the two versions.
The military Type 20
From 1955 to 1959 Breguet delivered 1,100 Type 20 to the French military aviation, with two counters and an unsigned dial; from 1958 the version for the Aéronavale has the 15-minute counter.
The civilian Type XX
The versions sold to private individuals took the name Type XX: often identical to the military ones, without the military engraving on the case back, with the 38-millimetre case and the manually wound Valjoux calibre.
3800 and 3820: the return
In 1995 the Type XX returned with the 3800 Aéronavale, automatic with flyback function; the 3820 Transatlantique is the same watch with the date.
Type XXI: 3810 and 3817
The Type XXI carries a 42 millimetre case; the 3817 from 2016 has a slate grey dial and, for the first time, the movement visible through the case back.
Type 20 Chronographe 2057
Since 2023 the 2057 revives the military Type 20: two counters, automatic 5 Hz calibre with flyback, steel case of 42 millimetres and 21 millimetres between the lugs.
Type XX Chronographe 2067
Since 2023 the 2067 revives the civilian Type XX: three counters, automatic 728 calibre at 5 Hz with flyback, steel case of 42 millimetres and 21 millimetres between the lugs.