Breitling superocean heritage

[S6 Devil]

I have been offered a Breitling superocean heritage from a dealer in Switzerland. It comes with both the rubber and chain bracelets. It has the original box however there are no papers for it. If I were to buy it, I obviously can't verify the watch before it arrives, what would anyone suggest?

Edited by S6 Devil on Wednesday 10th August 22:21

[sneijder]

Is the price too good to be true ?

[TKF]

Nothing constructive to add other than I bloody love that watch. The only Breitling I'd happily buy

[S6 Devil]

sneijder said:

Is the price too good to be true ?

No, seems genuine. He sells on ebay with 147 positive high end watch sales. He wants 2700chf or around £2300 for it

[hilly10]

Looks a good price with the mesh strap as well. Be prepared for a big chunk of watch a lots of attention when wearing it. People seem to stare at it an awful lot

[phumy]

Sorry but, no papers + no authentication + Overseas Ebay = should be ringing alarm bells........

[S6 Devil]

phumy said:

Sorry but, no papers + no authentication + Overseas Ebay = should be ringing alarm bells........

Yes alarm bells ringing. He has agreed to get a valuation prior to purchase which reassures me somewhat.

[gary hubbard]

get the seller to get in touch with breitling . quote the serial number and re issue papers . iam shaw with high end watches they could do that . he mite have to take the watch to a breitling main dearler to confirm its authentic. there would be cost involved but if he will not do that stay away

[sparkyhx]

TKF said:

Nothing constructive to add other than I bloody love that watch. The only Breitling I'd happily buy

and a very big ditto from me

[phumy]

gary hubbard said:

get the seller to get in touch with breitling . quote the serial number and re issue papers . iam shaw with high end watches they could do that . he mite have to take the watch to a breitling main dearler to confirm its authentic. there would be cost involved but if he will not do that stay away

Normally when buying a (suspecting) watch the buyer will have to pay for authentication as its him/her how has the doubt.

[phumy]

S6 Devil said:

phumy said:

Sorry but, no papers + no authentication + Overseas Ebay = should be ringing alarm bells........

Yes alarm bells ringing. He has agreed to get a valuation prior to purchase which reassures me somewhat.

Sorry once again, but valuation on a piece of paper means fack all, you need proper authentication form a Breitling Dealer and you really need to see that paperwork before the deal is done.

[gary hubbard]

phumy said:

Normally when buying a (suspecting) watch the buyer will have to pay for authentication as its him/her how has the doubt.

sorry don,t agree you would buy a car with out papers.its up to the seller to prove authenticity. unless the buyer is willing to take a big gamble .in that case the watch is worth a fraction of what the watch is actually worth . if you took it to a shop they wouldn,t buy it with out the papers . plus if you wanted to insure the watch and lost it you would not get paid out with out them .

[gary hubbard]

ive been looking for you . some are saying that its aprox £50 to get the watch looked at and issue new papers . info is on the net .

[gary hubbard]

sorry just read that the watch is from a dealer . why can,t they sort the papers . abit strange

[S6 Devil]

gary hubbard said:

ive been looking for you . some are saying that its aprox £50 to get the watch looked at and issue new papers . info is on the net .

Thanks mate, much appreciated. I will google it now!

[phumy]

gary hubbard said:

sorry don,t agree you would buy a car with out papers.its up to the seller to prove authenticity. unless the buyer is willing to take a big gamble .in that case the watch is worth a fraction of what the watch is actually worth . if you took it to a shop they wouldn,t buy it with out the papers . plus if you wanted to insure the watch and lost it you would not get paid out with out them .

Ok you disagree, how many foreign watch sellers have you dealt with? Watches are not cars, however it's similar with the saying "caveat emptor ", if it was me and i really wanted it i would pay to get it authenticated. You cannot force a seller to do the authentication and if you're still unsure and not willing to pay to have it checked then you walk away.

[CraigVmax]

I love that watch, almost bought one a few times. I'd only buy from a foreign vendor through tz.

Just too much risk for me.

[S6 Devil]

I won't buy from anyone without some paperwork authenticating the watch, particularly from abroad.

[CraigVmax]

on another note, I put my SMP on mesh last week, totally changed it, ive found new love for it!

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[Dominic H]

Two points to note.

1. Breitling will not re-issue the warranty papers or the COSC chronometer certificate.

2. As the watch is in Switzerland it is ex-EU, you'll need to pay VAT and duty on the purchase price.

Hope this helps.

DH