Breilting Super Avenger Black steel. Ltd edtion.
Discussion
Hi,
Thinking of purchasing one the above really. Have been looking for a while and keep finding myself coming back to them. There is a couple on fleebay at the moment for around the 3.5k mark.
Has anybody had one on here? Any past experiences with them or anyone else looked into it? I know it's a mammoth watch. I currently own a SuperOcean 44 and before that I owned a Hercules which was the biggest chrono at the time so am used to a big watch. Although I believe this is a good 10mm ontop of those.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Rj
Thinking of purchasing one the above really. Have been looking for a while and keep finding myself coming back to them. There is a couple on fleebay at the moment for around the 3.5k mark.
Has anybody had one on here? Any past experiences with them or anyone else looked into it? I know it's a mammoth watch. I currently own a SuperOcean 44 and before that I owned a Hercules which was the biggest chrono at the time so am used to a big watch. Although I believe this is a good 10mm ontop of those.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Rj
Hi
I`ve had one for 3yrs, I`m VERY careful with it so can`t speak for how easy they are to scratch but don`t believe any bulls
t that It`s impossible or even VERY hard to!
They are very big, I have other Avengers that are 45mm and I can tell you that 48mm makes a big difference!
The rubber strap that they come with has a buckle that I personally don`t get on with because it sticks out too much (it has 2 sides rather than one)
It won`t fit under a shirt cuff, sometimes awkward under elasticated jacket cuffs.
I have thought about selling it / swapping it for an Avenger Skyland Blacksteel but will probably just stick with it.
Might sound a bit of a negative review but I actually love it!
I doubt it will appreciate despite a limited run of 3000 (not really THAT limited) (Skyland was 2000)
Kind of has the same feel to it as a gun has with regard to build quality!
Hope some of that helps!
I`ve had one for 3yrs, I`m VERY careful with it so can`t speak for how easy they are to scratch but don`t believe any bulls
t that It`s impossible or even VERY hard to!They are very big, I have other Avengers that are 45mm and I can tell you that 48mm makes a big difference!
The rubber strap that they come with has a buckle that I personally don`t get on with because it sticks out too much (it has 2 sides rather than one)
It won`t fit under a shirt cuff, sometimes awkward under elasticated jacket cuffs.
I have thought about selling it / swapping it for an Avenger Skyland Blacksteel but will probably just stick with it.
Might sound a bit of a negative review but I actually love it!
I doubt it will appreciate despite a limited run of 3000 (not really THAT limited) (Skyland was 2000)
Kind of has the same feel to it as a gun has with regard to build quality!
Hope some of that helps!
Edited by don logan on Monday 2nd December 14:02
No problem, try to see one in the "flesh"!
Are they value? Who knows, ultimately that`s down to how much you love it or NOT, you may handle it and think - wow, what a watch for the price or you may be disappointed, the way new watch prices are relentlessly going up they may seem better value by default (like what has happened to Range Rovers and Ferrari 430 / 458, the new ones are so much more expensive than the old ones that the old ones now look better value than they did before the new model / price went up)
Hope that all made sense?
I paid £3,800 for my Super Avenger Black Steel in November 2009 and I think at the time a regular Super Avenger was £3,300, now a regular Super Avenger is £4,290 so if they were to make a Black Steel version of that now how much would it be? £4,8? £5k? and how different will it be it the ones you have been looking at assuming that they are mint?
Just spotted this and oddly it isn't actually on the Breitling website http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Breitling--Avenger--qu... I wasn't too far off, £5,200! (It's a 45mm Avenger Skyland Black Steel equivalent)
Hope that helps!
Are they value? Who knows, ultimately that`s down to how much you love it or NOT, you may handle it and think - wow, what a watch for the price or you may be disappointed, the way new watch prices are relentlessly going up they may seem better value by default (like what has happened to Range Rovers and Ferrari 430 / 458, the new ones are so much more expensive than the old ones that the old ones now look better value than they did before the new model / price went up)
Hope that all made sense?
I paid £3,800 for my Super Avenger Black Steel in November 2009 and I think at the time a regular Super Avenger was £3,300, now a regular Super Avenger is £4,290 so if they were to make a Black Steel version of that now how much would it be? £4,8? £5k? and how different will it be it the ones you have been looking at assuming that they are mint?
Just spotted this and oddly it isn't actually on the Breitling website http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Breitling--Avenger--qu... I wasn't too far off, £5,200! (It's a 45mm Avenger Skyland Black Steel equivalent)
Hope that helps!
Edited by don logan on Friday 6th December 00:05
Edited by don logan on Friday 6th December 00:13
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