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 Post subject: Pictures of the fleet
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First I need to thank my lovely wife. She is the one who got many of these watches for me.

First up is my favorite, the flying B.. I kinda freaked out when she got it for me for a gift. But it's all good now.


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Next is the Blue Angels Montbrillant. This one was acquired from a Japanese collector. I got it off e-bay for a great price because the dial was a bit discolored. I trip to BUSA and a few hundred bucks, now it's brilliant again.

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Next we have the Emergency 18K. I just received this watch. It came from a guy who purchased it in France and now lives in the US. He was listing it on e-bay with the description of "watch", had a feedback rating of 1 and a price of 9.5K. After a few calls to him he sent me pictures of the watch and scans of all his paperwork. He religiously sent it to Breitling for service.

I was shocked at the condition of the watch, just a bit of cleaning and a light polish with a cloth and it looks like new. It is figiting hard for wrist time. It's very heavy, almost too heavy!

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This watch was purchased by the wife, she wanted one we could share. Who am I to argue!
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MR B-1 was another e-bay purchase. I kept watching for a cheap B1 SQ and finally got it for a bit over 1 K. It needed a cleaning and polish but turned out great. This is what I wear most.
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This was another e-bay purchase.. I always liked this dial and picked this one up fairly cheap at 850 bucks. The lume was falling off the hands so I had it replaced by the local AD. She looks much better now.
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This was my first B and as you can guess it came off e-bay. It was my daily wearer for years till I got the B-1. I still wear it from time to time. I am amazed how light it is!
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The wife wanted in on the action so we got her this from the AD.
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A few of my other favorite non B watches:

This watch belonged to a friend of mine. His dad bought it on the day he found out he was going to be a father in 1964 and has since passed away. He wanted to sell it on e-bay but I could not let him do it. Fo you omega fans this is a cal 321 seamaster with a screwback in 18K. I have never seen another one just like it.
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This was another e-bay purchase.. The camera can not do this watch justice. The dial is absolutely amazing.
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The wife picked this up as a surprise!
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This one too!
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What to hunt for next?????????????

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This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design,hand-crafted in Switzerland.
In Philadelphia it's worth Fifty bucks.


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My goodness, lucky man! :)

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CSH wrote:
My goodness, lucky man! :)


Indeed!

Great collection - I am very envious.
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Sweet Fleet :!:
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Great Collection
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Beautiful collection. :thumbsup: I think you've single-handedly kept a couple of gold mines in business with those first few! :lol:

Love that skeleton Corum Bubble too.

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That is an awesome collection...I am jealous!

You have some really beautiful watches there and a very generous wife (mine is too, but we do not have the funds to afford all of those)!!
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Lucky does not begin to describe it. I have an unbelievable wife!

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Those watches look so nice it makes me wish gold looked good on me!

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:shock: :shock: :shock: WOW.. truly gobsmacking..its the first time ive saw a flying b.its stunning.
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Awesome collection! :shock:
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fantastic collection! Really nice set of pics also. That gold Emergency is very intriguing, almost too gold! :) Thanks for posting.

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Wow! What an incredible collection! I really like that Flying B in solid gold... its also my favourite of yours :)

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I have been wearing the emergency all day and it's growing on me. I don't know if I could wear it every day.

I could wear the flying B every day but I am afraid to mess it up.

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