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The Type XX watch was not limited to one brand but was the format used by the French Ministry to instruct the manufacturer the specific functions and styling required. The Breguet Type XX has become one of the most famous due to the quality of the watch and the fact they reissued it as a civilian watch both at the time and as a reproduction more recently.
Breguet produced their first batch of 2000 watches for the military in 1954. Before that they made various prototypes to test features. The required design included in the Type XX specifications were that the watches had to have a black dial, registers situated at 3 and 9 for constant seconds and a minute recording register and flyback for the chronograph while running.