1,125 CHF
Airain, circa 1955. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel military type XX wristwatch with "retour en vol" round button chronograph and register. three body, polished, screwed case back, revolving and graduated reeded bezel, lapidated lugs. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials. "Skeleton " radium-coated hands. Notes The great success of the 7't e XX chronographs and their efficiency with the Retour en not, for pilots for instance, convinced the Officers of the French Army to order an increasing number of chronograph wristwatches bearing these characteristics. Airain is one of the manufactures who joined the suppliers at that time and produced this watch for helicopter pilots of the French Army Force.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-04-24
