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fmc000

Post subject: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:30 am

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Today i brought my B-1 to my favorite AD for a well deserved service after almost 5 years from the previous one. Hopefully I'll have it back in late September.

She's the most versatile watch I ever had; I already miss her. some pictures follow.

With the Fighter bracelet.

With a Shark mesh bracelet.

With a vintage-like mesh bracelet.

With the Diver Pro rubber.

BTW, Breitling says that the battery should last 2 to 3 years, depending on the use. Instead, the ETA-E20.341 technical manual says that the battery should last 68 months, so about 5 and 2/3 years; the latter seems more consistent with the fact that my watch has been serviced probably only once in September 2008 by the previous owner (which, by the way, is the original owner).

So the question is: who is right? Can you please share your experience?

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TomP

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:36 am

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fmc000 wrote:

|Today i brought my B-1 to my favorite AD for a well deserved service after almost 5 years from the previous one. Hopefully I'll have it back in late September.

Three months? That's unusually long no?

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franzy

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:26 am

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Nice pictures of your B-1. Looks great with all the different strap options.

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:50 am

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TomP wrote:

fmc000 wrote:

|Today i brought my B-1 to my favorite AD for a well deserved service after almost 5 years from the previous one. Hopefully I'll have it back in late September.

Three months? That's unusually long no?

No one works in August here in Italy :evil:

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:51 am

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franzy wrote:

Nice pictures of your B-1. Looks great with all the different strap options.

Thank you!

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:52 am

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fmc000 wrote:

Breitling says that the battery should last 2 to 3 years, depending on the use. Instead, the ETA-E20.341 technical manual says that the battery should last 68 months, so about 5 and 2/3 years; the latter seems more consistent with the fact that my watch has been serviced probably only once in September 2008 by the previous owner (which, by the way, is the original owner).

So the question is: who is right? Can you please share your experience?

Anyone has ideas about the battery?

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Watch nut

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:58 am

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fmc000 wrote:

Anyone has ideas about the battery?

I would love to know what kind of battery they use, I been doing batteries at my store for 18 years now and I use renata Swiss batteries and they only last 1 to 2 years maybe 3 on the bigger lithium ones. I would live to know what brand last 5 to 6 years that's impressive.

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dlNYC

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:06 pm

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My wife's Chanel J12 watch is more than 4 yrs old now, and the battery is still running. Not sure what brand battery they use as its not been opened up yet.

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TomP

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:37 am

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Watch nut wrote:

I would live to know what brand last 5 to 6 years that's impressive.

The Colt Quartz (non-chrono) has an 8-year battery life, moreover.

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:47 am

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Here is a pic of the battery of my watch:

and here an abstract of the ETA manual:

As you can see, at the bottom of the left page it states that a CR2320 must be used and at the bottom of the right page it states that the typical theoretic autonomy is 68 months, depending on the frequency with which the alarm and/or the illumination function are activated.

I can't understand why Breitling says that the battery should last only 2 to 3 years.

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Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:17 am

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Maybe they assume frequent use of alarm/backlight.

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46crew

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:16 pm

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Just got mine back today and lovin it. Too about a 5 weeks.

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: R: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:08 pm

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46crew wrote:

Just got mine back today and lovin it. Too about a 5 weeks.

Sweet!

Sent from my SGS using Tapatalk.

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fmc000

Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:01 pm

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Oh well, I decided that I simply could not resist for so long without a B on my wrist. So I could not pass on a nice blue dialed Aerospace with box (in really poor condition) and papers, with the original leather strap and signed buckle.

So here she is.

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Post subject: Re: My beloved has left me.

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:36 am

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I leave my B1's on Chrono mode so the second hand rests at 12 o'clock.
They've been like that for at least 3 years and still running strong.

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