Breitling Superocean Heritage
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Early last year I bought myself one of the new stylie Breitling Superocean heritage watches. I was taken by it immedaitely and had to have it despite my budget being three times the cost. Hey, have what ya like is my edict so, I did. Several days after purchasing it the crown wouldn't change the time so back it went. New one provided rather then fix the old. Good service, thanks very much.
A week or two ago I put it on, after a week or two wearing the 1972 Rolex, changed the time and date only to find that the crown wouldn't screw in fully. It just kept on turning. Back to shop and thence to Bretiling. I am a bit miffed I have to admit but I was just wondering if any of you experts out there have heard of this problem before with this model.
Depite the traumas with this watch I just love it and hope that the issue will be solved.
A week or two ago I put it on, after a week or two wearing the 1972 Rolex, changed the time and date only to find that the crown wouldn't screw in fully. It just kept on turning. Back to shop and thence to Bretiling. I am a bit miffed I have to admit but I was just wondering if any of you experts out there have heard of this problem before with this model.
Depite the traumas with this watch I just love it and hope that the issue will be solved.
Your comments are rude at best but your experiences with Breitlings are clearly bad ones otherwise you might have called yourself 'King Breitling' I guess. To choose a duff watch once is acceptable but to go back for a third time and have the same problem seems amazing. Thanks for sharing your experiences with me. Don't go to rugby clubs. I suspect that you don't anyway as there are apparently too many bores there. However as 'King Rolex' you must be fascinating! By the way, I also own a Rolex but probably not as blingy as yours!
What you describe sounds like part of the keyless works.
at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
TheEnd said:
What you describe sounds like part of the keyless works.
at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
Well that's an answer to the fault. Thanks for that Theend, I really appreciate the effort. Do you think that this is a problem likely to continue to occur such that I should ask for a replacement?at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
Well, two similar and possibly related faults have occurred, i think your best bet would be to talk it over with your dealer.
Don't get too clever and say you know all about it, and some guy said so on the 'net as i'm not a watchsmith, just interested and i could be way off, but just that you are interested in the inner workings and looked into it yourself, and wondered what the fault was, if it was related to the keyless works you study at the weekends, and how it was repaired.
Just the right level of confidence to get a decent answer without showing off too much!
Similar to cars really, mechanics don't like it when you tell them what they need to do, but it's wise to show a little learning about the subject at the same time.
Anyway, It's possible a component might be bent but the little lever just gets snapped back into place each time.
Likewise, it's possible that they have realised there is a problem and are exchanging the part this time around.
I'd imagine it is sent off rather than a resident watchsmith working on it so it'll probably be hard to get a full story of diagnosis and repairs, but see what they say, and make it known that if it occurs again, you'll be after either a totally new replacement or a refund.
Can't say fairer than that especially if it goes down for the third time.
Don't get too clever and say you know all about it, and some guy said so on the 'net as i'm not a watchsmith, just interested and i could be way off, but just that you are interested in the inner workings and looked into it yourself, and wondered what the fault was, if it was related to the keyless works you study at the weekends, and how it was repaired.
Just the right level of confidence to get a decent answer without showing off too much!
Similar to cars really, mechanics don't like it when you tell them what they need to do, but it's wise to show a little learning about the subject at the same time.
Anyway, It's possible a component might be bent but the little lever just gets snapped back into place each time.
Likewise, it's possible that they have realised there is a problem and are exchanging the part this time around.
I'd imagine it is sent off rather than a resident watchsmith working on it so it'll probably be hard to get a full story of diagnosis and repairs, but see what they say, and make it known that if it occurs again, you'll be after either a totally new replacement or a refund.
Can't say fairer than that especially if it goes down for the third time.
TheEnd said:
What you describe sounds like part of the keyless works.
at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
I bought a Navitimer Olympus back in 2002 from Berrys in Nottingham. I used to wind it every day to make sure it was fully wound, I assumed you could do this on an expensive watch without any harm. I was wrong, the winder started to slip. Took it back to the shop and they sent it back to Breitling, they offered me a new one which took 3 weeks to arrive. I had this one for a couple of weeks and the same thing happened (i also notice a small foreign object on the face) they again sent it back to Shightling for repair. at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
This time I got the same one back repaired. 3 months down the line the SAME thing happened, it gets sent back to shieghtling and the manager of Berrys (Andrew) rang some bigwig up at Breitling and explained what was going on.... this bigwig goes to the factory himself and personally picks one out for me and has it sent over with a Breitling backpack. You can't buy these back packs for love nore money, I also got a voucher for a free service.
who believes me? who wants to prove Im lieing by asking for a photo of the backpack?
aparently, Berrys had a rep in from Breitling not long after all my troubles....he said that they had quite a few Navitimer Olympus watches back with various faults...he put it down to a bad batch... YEAH RIGHT
I can only speak from experience when in my opinion Breitlings are cheap watches dressed up to look bling for people who want a watch one rung up the ladder from a TAG
(i must be a sucker for punishment though...i bought a Navtimer World when they first came out and sold it 5 months later....horrid thing)
Johnniem said:
Early last year I bought myself one of the new stylie Breitling Superocean heritage watches. I was taken by it immedaitely and had to have it despite my budget being three times the cost. Hey, have what ya like is my edict so, I did. Several days after purchasing it the crown wouldn't change the time so back it went. New one provided rather then fix the old. Good service, thanks very much.
A week or two ago I put it on, after a week or two wearing the 1972 Rolex, changed the time and date only to find that the crown wouldn't screw in fully. It just kept on turning. Back to shop and thence to Bretiling. I am a bit miffed I have to admit but I was just wondering if any of you experts out there have heard of this problem before with this model.
Depite the traumas with this watch I just love it and hope that the issue will be solved.
I'm not aware of any problems with this watch. If your watch was bought new last year, it'll have a 2 year warranty. Give the guys at Breitling UK a call on...A week or two ago I put it on, after a week or two wearing the 1972 Rolex, changed the time and date only to find that the crown wouldn't screw in fully. It just kept on turning. Back to shop and thence to Bretiling. I am a bit miffed I have to admit but I was just wondering if any of you experts out there have heard of this problem before with this model.
Depite the traumas with this watch I just love it and hope that the issue will be solved.
TWG Ltd (Breitling UK)
SUITE 5.02, FIFTH FLOOR, MORLEY HOUSE
314-322 REGENT STREET
LONDON
W1B 3BG
TEL: 0207-636-5200
FAX:0207-637-5354
I'm sure as it's an under warranty return job it'll get sorted as a priority, they're pretty helpful.
Hope this helps...
King Rolex said:
TheEnd said:
What you describe sounds like part of the keyless works.
at the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
I something something whatever blah blahat the bottom of the stem there is a couple of cogs that engage various gears similar to a gearbox.
between these cogs sits a small lever which will more various bits around too, like active the hacking feature.
What can sometimes happen is this lever can jump out from it's groove between the cogs and either not activate functions, or stop the crown from being pushed back in
What i guess is the little lever marked with a red 2 has jumped out again.
Oh dear oh dear. I was given a Tudor dress watch for my 21st and it never worked at all really. Was always back at the shop and being repaired. I binned it in the end. I've had Seikos that lasted years, went through all kinds of abuse yet kept on running.I've had four Breitlings and one had a problem and it was immediately replaced by Breiting with no quibble and the new one went for 10 years. I had a Superocean for 10 years until it was stolen and it never missed a beat. I now wear an IWC which I've had a year and so far (fingers crossed) it is fine. There are good and bad in every make and I am sure some people can come up with horror stories about IWC, Omega and Rolex too. If I am right, watches are made by humans and as such inherit to some extent our frailties; they aren't always perfect. This includes Rolex AFAIK. Can we please stop this schismatic attitude?
lowdrag said:
There are good and bad in every make and I am sure some people can come up with horror stories about IWC, Omega and Rolex too. If I am right, watches are made by humans and as such inherit to some extent our frailties; they aren't always perfect. This includes Rolex AFAIK. Can we please stop this schismatic attitude?
I totally agree with your comments. Rolls Royce make cars that fail to proceed. Lord knows so do Aston-Martin. I'm sure everything from a Patek to a Seiko and everything in between has done the same at some point, i.e. fail to tick. i have a breitling superocean heritage, had a similar thing happen, fixed under warranty no further problems
like all automatic watches you can wind them, but to hand wind them everyday when you've been wearing them means you're working the clutch that prevents you over winding the spring everyday, with time this will wear out and you'll damage the watch, my understanding is it's a safety function on watches rather then something you're meant to use every 24 hours, it's why in the instruction manual it tells you how many time you should wind it to wind it fully and that it's not best to exceed this
now as a breitling owner i obviously need to go join a rugby club, how do i become a bore, will repeating the same pointless opinions over and over again as fact count?
like all automatic watches you can wind them, but to hand wind them everyday when you've been wearing them means you're working the clutch that prevents you over winding the spring everyday, with time this will wear out and you'll damage the watch, my understanding is it's a safety function on watches rather then something you're meant to use every 24 hours, it's why in the instruction manual it tells you how many time you should wind it to wind it fully and that it's not best to exceed this
now as a breitling owner i obviously need to go join a rugby club, how do i become a bore, will repeating the same pointless opinions over and over again as fact count?
I bought a Wings Auto back in 2001 and its still going strong (touch wood) though it's only been used as an occasional as its got a very dress style.
Mate of mine bought a Tag on the same day in the same Goldsmiths and his has failed a couple of times.
I think its purely luck of the draw, but I'm sure its the exception rather than the rule.
Hope its sorted out quickly for you!
Mate of mine bought a Tag on the same day in the same Goldsmiths and his has failed a couple of times.
I think its purely luck of the draw, but I'm sure its the exception rather than the rule.
Hope its sorted out quickly for you!
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