Airain Type 20 Owner Review : Efficient, balanced and historical

4.2

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Published on 6/4/2025 - Last modified on 6/4/2025

A must-have for collectors - 1960

It's a pleasure for me to share with you this "prose" about my 1960 Airain Type XX - a watch dear to some ALAT (Army Light Aviation) pilots. I acquired this watch before the COVID period at a watch fair in Dourdan. Fairly soon after its acquisition and some problems with the Flyback, it went to recover! But the patient remained in the clinic for a long time! Between the eclipse of COVID (I know my Marvel classics 😅), a lack of parts and the loss of a watchmaker friend in Paris, it had an eventful convalescence... Nearly 3 years later, a visit to the excellent Atelier des Tocantes in the 17th arrondissement, and it was with a certain emotion or a certain emotion that I got my hands on it again! A fascinating story from the outset for these Type XX watches: Breguet, Dodane, Airain, Chrobofixe, etc., equipped with an excellent Valjoux 222 "flyback." Generous dimensions for the time: 37.5mm excluding the crown, approximately 10mm thick. A beautiful patina on this one gives it a certain charm, a "buy-it" criterion for me! A real pleasure for me to share it!

Pierre DL own this watch for 3 to 10 years

4.2

5.0

Emotion

4.0

Design

3.5

Accuracy

5.0

Comfort

3.0

Robustness

4.5

Value for money

Secondary

Significance in a collection

Main

Rarely

Frequency to be worn

Often

Pleasure

Main motivation for buying

Investment

This review is the subjective opinion of a Dialicious community member and not of Achille SAS or its teams

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