Breitling

[Hoofy]

shambolic said:

I have skinny wrists too but here my beaten up old colt bought 18 years ago and worn every day(enginneer so takes some abuse)



I hate big blingy watches, this is a cracking every day watch

It's nearly as bad as mine!

[Jaged]

Hoofy said:

shambolic said:

I have skinny wrists too but here my beaten up old colt bought 18 years ago and worn every day(enginneer so takes some abuse)



I hate big blingy watches, this is a cracking every day watch

It's nearly as bad as mine!

Come on guys, we need a "Bashed Up Watch" thread???
Once saw an American with a solid gold Rolex all beaten up, he was an oil rig worker, but it just looked so right!

[Hoofy]

Jaged said:

Come on guys, we need a "Bashed Up Watch" thread???
Once saw an American with a solid gold Rolex all beaten up, he was an oil rig worker, but it just looked so right!

I quite like the idea. I dunno why I prefer wabied watches. Maybe I'm getting old and it's the excitement of knowing that watch has been through thick and thin with its owner.

[verminator]

I think they make some attractive watches Have to say a lot of them are the size of dustbin lids but each to their own. You can get away with them if you have big wrists. Could someone tell me the correct pronounciation. I was told it should be pronounced Brate- ling, not Bright- ling. Is this correct?

[Ballistic]

I thought they were called Bling's

[marcosgt]

verminator said:

I think they make some attractive watches Have to say a lot of them are the size of dustbin lids but each to their own. You can get away with them if you have big wrists. Could someone tell me the correct pronounciation. I was told it should be pronounced Brate- ling, not Bright- ling. Is this correct?

It's a German name, so it is bright-ling.

M

[neilbauer]

This isn't shiny or bling

[zip929]

I like mine, but a £15 digital casio keeps better time!

[Spice_Weasel]

marcosgt said:

verminator said:

I think they make some attractive watches Have to say a lot of them are the size of dustbin lids but each to their own. You can get away with them if you have big wrists. Could someone tell me the correct pronounciation. I was told it should be pronounced Brate- ling, not Bright- ling. Is this correct?

It's a German name, so it is bright-ling.

M

Correct. In German, if you have a word which contains the letter e followed by i, you pronounce the i, meaning Breitling is pronounced Bright-ling.

The rule works the other way around, so where you have i followed by e, for example on the girl's name Lieselotte, you pronounce the e, so the name is pronounced as Leesalotta

[verminator]

Thanks chaps.

[WelshnThirsty]

Each to their own, I don't like them all, I have a Super Ocean Heritage, that is a keeper for me.

[Jaged]

zip929 said:

I like mine, but a £15 digital casio keeps better time!

By how much?

The Auto watch I'm wearing at this minute is running 40 seconds fast, that is since 1st August when is was set spot on.
That is 2.5 secs a day fast, which even in my pedantic mind is not even a problem.

Or was you just saying???

[Podie]

I have a couple of Breitlings...

Aerospace (E65062)


Navitimer A23322

[M3Alan]

I think a Superocean Heritage 46 is going to be my next purchase.

[Cockey]

Only very recently starting thinking seriously about buying a Navimeter.

I'm more than happy with pre-owned as I'm not particularly bothered about it being brand new, and should I ever want to sell it (unlikely, but it kind of helps justify the purchase) I'll take less of a hit on it.

As I'm not particualrly in touch with prices, could anyone give me a fair used price for me to aim for? Also, very new to this, but can you haggle with the used watch brokers, and any ones to be wary of?

Cheers

[marcosgt]

Cockey said:

Only very recently starting thinking seriously about buying a Navimeter.

I'm more than happy with pre-owned as I'm not particularly bothered about it being brand new, and should I ever want to sell it (unlikely, but it kind of helps justify the purchase) I'll take less of a hit on it.

As I'm not particualrly in touch with prices, could anyone give me a fair used price for me to aim for? Also, very new to this, but can you haggle with the used watch brokers, and any ones to be wary of?

Cheers

Check out the BreitlingSource forum, lots of really knowledgeable people over there.

They'll steer you through the minefield that is Navitimers (I assume you mean Navitimer and Navimeter isn't a little known model I'm unfamilar with).

M.

[Cockey]

marcosgt said:

Cockey said:

Only very recently starting thinking seriously about buying a Navimeter.

I'm more than happy with pre-owned as I'm not particularly bothered about it being brand new, and should I ever want to sell it (unlikely, but it kind of helps justify the purchase) I'll take less of a hit on it.

As I'm not particualrly in touch with prices, could anyone give me a fair used price for me to aim for? Also, very new to this, but can you haggle with the used watch brokers, and any ones to be wary of?

Cheers

Check out the BreitlingSource forum, lots of really knowledgeable people over there.

They'll steer you through the minefield that is Navitimers (I assume you mean Navitimer and Navimeter isn't a little known model I'm unfamilar with).

M.

Thanks for the tip. And yes, you assumed right

[GC8]

What makes Navitimers a minefield?

[Cockey]

Thanks again for the website. Exactly what I was looking for.

[marcosgt]

GC8 said:

What makes Navitimers a minefield?

Well, only the massive variety of models and special editions produced over the years really.

That and there are quite a lot of fakes of more recent models and 'frankenwatches' if you're getting into the vintage ones.

Nothing more than any other iconic watch really.

Cockey said:

Thanks again for the website. Exactly what I was looking for.

Thought it would be - I did much of my research there when buying my Cosmonaute and actually bought it from someone on the forum.

M.