A chronograph places a stopwatch inside a wristwatch. Its pushers start, stop, and reset elapsed time while the main display keeps running.
That sounds straightforward until you consider what the movement must do: engage without making the seconds hand jump, hold a stable rate under load, and return every hand precisely to zero. Swiss watchmakers have developed several answers to that problem.
Breguet’s chronograph collection brings together its long aviation heritage, maritime character, and innovative mechanical engineering. From the flyback functionality of the Type XX and Type 20 to the robust Marine Chronographe and the highly technical Tradition Chronographe Indépendant, each watch reflects Breguet’s approach to precision timing.
Collectors appreciate this heritage through the tactile action of the pushers, the precise movement of the chronograph hands, and the distinctive mechanical architecture behind each timepiece.
At Jewels by Love, we are an authorized retailer for luxury watchmakers. Six generations of our family have worked with watches and jewelry, while our relationship with Breguet dates back to the 1980s.
The history shapes how we see every piece. We look at movement architecture, dial construction, case finishing, and the way the proportions settle on the wrist. Heritage counts, but only when the watch itself supports the story.
For 2026, we selected five chronographs from Breguet, each with a clear reason to own it.
Let’s explore the iconic Swiss chronograph for you.
Breguet Type XX Chronographe 2067RK/Y9/9WU
The Breguet Type XX began as a military instrument before becoming a civilian chronograph. During the 1950s, Breguet supplied Type 20 watches to the French Air Force, with a flyback system that let pilots reset and restart elapsed timing through one pusher.
Civilian versions soon carried Type XX in Roman numerals, and that split still shapes the collection today.
The rose-gold 2067 follows that civilian branch and looks back to reference 1780 from 1955, one of only three first-generation Type 20 or Type XX watches Breguet made in gold. Our history of the Breguet Type XX collection covers the full military-to-civilian story.
The 2067RK/Y9/9WU uses a 42mm 18K rose-gold case, a blue sunburst dial and three registers beneath a blue ceramic bezel insert, Breguet’s first. Its counters track 15 minutes, 12 hours and running seconds, while the date falls between four and five. The flat crown, faceted lugs and large pushers keep the old aviation shape visible beneath the gold.
Breguet built automatic caliber 728 for this generation, a 350-part 5Hz movement with a column wheel, vertical clutch, silicon components and 60 hours of power reserve. Press the lower pusher while timing, and the flyback snaps the chronograph hands to zero, then immediately starts another run.
Former Breguet CEO Lionel a Marca called the historic civilian design “one of the most stunning chronographs ever created,” and the modern watch gives that old layout much more mechanical muscle.
Viewed from the back, the 2067 gets one of its better details: a blackened gold rotor shaped like an aircraft wing. Breguet also gives the watch 100 meters of water resistance, useful reassurance on something that is now far more likely to be worn daily than used for cockpit timing.
The old pilot-watch logic is still there in the flyback layout and oversized controls, but rose gold, blue ceramic and an exposed movement have taken the Type XX a long way from its military beginnings.
Breguet Tradition Chronographe Indépendant 7077 Ref. 7077BB/G1/9XV
Resetting most chronographs merely returns their hands to zero. On the Breguet Tradition Chronographe Indépendant 7077BB/G1/9XV, that press also arms a blade spring for the next timing run. It is the watch’s central idea, and a clever one.
Caliber 580DR divides timekeeping and chronograph operation between two complete gear trains, each with its own energy source, escapement, and balance. Running the chronograph leaves the main barrel and watch rate untouched. One balance works at 3 Hz and supports a 55-hour reserve; its chronograph counterpart runs at 5 Hz, permitting readings to one-tenth of a second. A titanium chronograph balance matches the slower balance’s diameter, preserving the dial’s engineered symmetry.
There is no conventional clutch, column wheel or second barrel. Resetting flexes the patented blade spring, while a non-concentric wheel smooths its declining torque across the full timing run. The trade-off is a 20-minute maximum, displayed by the retrograde counter at ten o’clock. A blued arrow at six indicates operation. At four o’clock, one pusher starts timing; the other at eight stops and resets.
Much of the 420-part movement remains visible on the dial side, a construction drawn from Abraham-Louis Breguet’s souscription and tact pocket watches. Above, a silvered 18K gold dial is hand-guillochéd in Clous de Paris. The 44 mm by 14.1 mm white-gold case is substantial, though its fluted band and welded lugs remain unmistakably Breguet.
Few chronographs make their mechanical argument this visibly. And every press sets what feels like a separate mechanical watch ticking inside the first.
Breguet Marine Chronographe 5527BR/12/RW0
The Marine Chronographe 5527 sits at the point where Breguet’s naval history became a modern sports watch. Abraham-Louis Breguet was appointed Chronometer-Maker to the French Royal Navy in 1815, and the Marine name eventually carried that connection from shipboard chronometers to the wrist.
The collection grew substantially sportier with the Marine Chronograph 5827 in 2005, then changed again in 2018 when Breguet introduced the current 5527 generation. The full progression is worth reading in this history and evolution of the Breguet Marine collection.
Reference 5527BR/12/RW0 is probably the most formal-looking version of the chronograph. Its 42.3mm rose-gold case and matching bracelet surround a silvered guilloché dial cut with Breguet’s wave pattern, while three recessed counters handle chronograph minutes, hours and running seconds. There is plenty happening on the dial, yet the Roman numerals, pomme hands and fluted caseband keep it recognizably Breguet.
Power comes from caliber 582QA, an automatic 4Hz chronograph movement made from 346 components and rated for 48 hours of reserve. It uses a column wheel, vertical clutch and silicon balance spring, with the chronograph controlled through the two pushers beside the crown. The sapphire back reveals one of the better details, a gold winding rotor shaped like a ship’s rudder.
And the silver-and-rose-gold combination is only one way to wear the 5527. The white-gold 5527BB/Y2/BW0 with its deep blue dial looks colder and sharper, while the titanium 5527TI/G2/TW0 in slate grey makes far more of the watch’s sporting side. I like the rose-gold reference because the contradiction works: a serious flyback chronograph, descended from marine timekeeping, dressed almost like a formal Breguet.
Breguet Type 20 Chronographe 2057 Ref. 2057ST/92/3WU
The Type 20 Chronographe 2057ST/92/3WU returns Breguet directly to military aviation. Its source is precise: the 1,100 watches delivered to the French Air Force between 1955 and 1959 under the Type 20 specification. Military references used Arabic 20; civilian descendants adopted Roman XX.
The 2023 watch keeps the matte black dial, sword-shaped hands, pear-shaped crown and fluted bidirectional bezel of those service pieces. Mint-green Super-LumiNova has a historical reason, too. It recalls how radium appeared when fresh, before decades of aging turned surviving examples cream or brown. At three, the enlarged 30-minute big eye favors elapsed-time legibility over perfect symmetry. The date at 4:30 is useful, though visually debatable.
The flyback function explains exactly why this architecture mattered to pilots flying by timed turns. Pressing the lower pusher during timing sends the central hand directly to zero and starts another interval, replacing stop, reset and restart with one action. Pilots could time consecutive navigation legs without pausing.
Breguet spent four years developing the 339-part automatic caliber 7281 for this new generation. Its integrated construction pairs a column wheel with a vertical clutch, runs at 5 Hz, and still provides 60 hours of reserve. Silicon in the regulating system reduces magnetic sensitivity. Through the sapphire back, a black rotor shaped loosely like an aircraft wing gives the otherwise restrained movement one memorable flourish.
The steel case measures 42 mm across, 14.1 mm thick, and 49 mm lug-to-lug. Water resistance reaches 100 meters. Breguet includes black calfskin and NATO-style straps, each removable without tools through its quick-release system.
To know more about its military use case and more extraordinary mechanics, read the full history of the Breguet Type XX collection for the lineage.
Breguet Type XX Chronographe 2075BH/99/398
The Breguet Type XX Chronographe 2075BH/99/398 arrived during the Maison’s 250th-anniversary year in 2025, with proportions drawn from a civilian Type XX made seventy years earlier.
No. 1780 was one of the rare gold Type XX watches Breguet produced in 1955. That watch originally carried a silver dial and was later fitted with a black one, giving the two modern 2075 references a genuine historical basis. At 38.3mm, the new case also sits much closer to early Type XX dimensions than the 42mm generation introduced in 2023. The military and civilian development of the collection is covered in our history and evolution of the Breguet Type XX collection.
The black dial brings another aviation detail. Breguet makes it from anodized aluminum, marked with a small “Al” between seven and eight o’clock, referencing the lightweight alloys used in aircraft associated with Louis Breguet. Against the warm Breguet Gold case, the black surface, luminous Arabic numerals and oversized 15-minute counter give the watch the clear, functional character long associated with the Type XX.
Caliber 7279 is manually wound, beats at 5 Hz, and offers 60 hours of power reserve. Its flyback chronograph can be reset and restarted in one operation. On the sapphire caseback, Breguet engraves a Breguet 19 aircraft alongside the route of Costes and Bellonte’s 1930 nonstop Paris-to-New York flight.
The smaller proportions had been requested before the watch appeared. Fratello’s Robert-Jan Broer had previously written that a 38.3mm Type XX with the newer movement and a black dial “would break the internet.” The 2075 came remarkably close to that description.
Its silver companion, the Breguet Type XX 2075BH/G9/398, returns to No. 1780’s original appearance with a solid silver dial, 30-minute counter and tachymeter scale. Conversely, the black-dial reference 2075BH/99/398 is a regular production model, which makes it especially relevant for collectors looking to buy a historically significant Swiss chronographs.
Explore Swiss Watchmaking at Jewels by Love
Swiss watchmaking is defined by more than precision. At its highest level, it combines mechanical ingenuity, generations of craftsmanship, and respect for techniques few manufacturers can execute. Breguet remain two of its most distinguished expressions.
Jewels by Love has longstanding relationships with both maisons, dating back to the 1980s, built through decades of authorized retail partnership and an enduring appreciation for fine watchmaking. With six generations of family experience in watches and jewelry, our team has a deep understanding of the movements, complications, finishing, and craftsmanship that distinguish one reference from another.
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