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both financially and in prestige? Or is their no frowning on the quartz movement?

Not sure about less value, I do know that the breitling has one of the best quartz movements out there, super accurate! I have both quartz and mechanical and love both, if ultimate accuracy is your goal and not having to worry if the watch will run down if not worn then the quartz route is the way to go! Both lovely watches I think!

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All the best.
Ian

There is only a difference of about $250.00. The Colt Quartz II is $2445. and the Automatic is $2695., both with PRO II Stainless Steel bracelet.
So, I guess prestige is a very subjective word. I would say that any Breitling watch, in terms of prestige, is very high on the list. I know people who are financially on the low end of the scale, like me, to people on the high end and everything in between. Of all my friends, I am probably lowest on the financial scale, yet I am the only one who spends thousands of dollars on a watch. All my friends think I am mad, yet they are happy for me when I can afford to buy a watch that I love.
I would also say that in this day and age, with credit so readily available, luxury goods are accessible to a much broader majority of people than, say 30 years ago. What once was prestigious and only attainable if one really had the bucks, is now available to way more people.
At one time it was prestigious to travel by air in First Class, now frequent flyers can do it for nothing.
What am I trying to say here? Well, I guess prestige wise an automatic watch would be more valuable, but only to someone who knows anything about a watch. Most people on this forum, you will find, prefer automatic watches, because they have more of a "soul" and powered by wrist movement. The quartz is powered by a battery.
However, as far as I'm concerned, the Breitling Colt Quartz II is one of the finest quartz watches available. The Breitling Quartz watches are all COSC Certified, and to have even one model COSC certified would be unusual, but all the BReitling quartz models are.
Have I confused you? I'm sorry to ramble on, I'm very tired. Normally, I wouldn't post this, but on this forum I know that I needn't be embarrassed. Most postings here come from the heart, and a greater bunch of people you will not meet.
Hope that I have helped answer your question.

Cheers,
Carl

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Jersey, I had the same question. Just my two cents but after seeing the movements of both the SuperQuartz and the Auto, I'm thinking the autos are a step above. The "ticking" motion of the quartz vice the "sweeping" motion of the auto made a big difference to this novice. My thinking is that most watches have the ticking motion but only high end quality watches have the sweeping motion of the automatics.

You will find a vast differance in re-sale value IMHO. I always go Auto

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Prestige is an odd thing.

What I can say is that the traditional skill of the watchmaker is always associated with the art of assembling mechanical movements, not soldering components onto a circuit board. This is not to belittle the techological acheivements of quartz in any way : I am merely stating how the art of watch-making is seen.

Additionally as a general rule of thumb, you will not find many quartz movements being made at the upper end of watchmaking. Any high-end quartz models will be highly specialised instruments for a specific purpose. In fact, Breitling is probably one of (if not THE) highest-end manufacturer making considerable numbers of quartz movements.

All the high-end brands - the likes of A.Lange & Sohne, Patek Philippe, Roger Dubuis, etc, all concentrate on mechanical pieces. (PS - I'm sure someone can come up with a quartz piece by these guys - I know Patek have made at least one quartz movement - but I am saying that 99.9% of the time these manufacturers do not make quartz).


Following on from my comments above, it's fair to say that 99.9% of all high-end pieces will be mechanical and will therefore have a "sweeping" second hand. However, there are a lot of cheap mechanicals out there too - Seiko make a very cheap auto movement ; Poljot make VERY cheaply priced manual wind movements, etc, etc.

Basically, what I am saying is that while almost all high-end piece will have a "sweeping" hand, a "sweeping" hand on it's own is not an instant sign of high quality / high expense / prestige, etc.

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I would say the automatic would retain its monetary value better than a quartz, specifically if there are both types of movements available for the same model (like the colt). When it comes to pieces such as the emergency that are very specialized and only come in one form anyways, I dont think it matters.

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-RJ

superquartz??

Superquartz is Breitlings trademarked name for their thermocompensated quartz movements. There are other brands that also have thermocompensated quartz, but they go by different names.

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