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Tim S
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I actually think that round of voting was easier than round 2. Navi 01 a clear favorite for me.

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This contest has made me realize that there are a lot of fugly breitlings. I find myself voting for the ones that I hate less, not which ones I like more.

Go Navi 01 all the way. Navi Olympus is making an impressive showing, I miss mine terribly, almost landed a mint condition one recently but the seller wanted too much.

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Go Navi 01 all the way. Navi Olympus is making an impressive showing, I miss mine terribly, almost landed a mint condition one recently but the seller wanted too much.


I've always like the Olympus, but then I see it with the Datora, and I really love the hands on that. I'm not familiar with the Datora, I don't know what the difference in functionality is, just based on looks, I like the Datora.

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The Datora is a valjoux 7751 movement with day, date, and month function. The Olympus has a 4 year annual calendar with moon phase, day, date, and month. The Datora is not an annual calendar meaning that it can't differentiate between months with 28, 30, or 31 days.

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It has to be the Olympus, an amazing watch, becoming rarer and much more sought after, hence the two three WTB's on here. I keep thinking of selling mine and buying a more practical Breitling, but then I just have to look at it and I think, nooooooooooo!

The Mulliner is a stunning watch in the flesh, but I can't look at one without thinking about all the fakes out there that bear a passing resemblance (same as my feeling about Rolex in general).

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Stefan Tapp wrote:
The Mulliner is a stunning watch in the flesh, but I can't look at one without thinking about all the fakes out there that bear a passing resemblance (same as my feeling about Rolex in general).

Stef


Agree completely, the wrong Mulliner made it to the list in my opinion, it should have been the 29 powered Perpetual.
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So pissed the code yellow lost to the emergency!!!

Ha! It was close, may have to go to instant replay... bad call by the official may have cost the round :?:



Very bummed to see that. Was out of the country last week and did not care much to get on my laptop. I nominated it and would have for sure voted for it. Looks like it lost by one vote...mine would have at least made it a tie. Emergency Mission I could almost see....but straight up Emergency WTF? Last time I go on vacation :wink:
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mfserge wrote:
This contest has made me realize that there are a lot of fugly breitlings. I find myself voting for the ones that I hate less, not which ones I like more.

Go Navi 01 all the way. Navi Olympus is making an impressive showing, I miss mine terribly, almost landed a mint condition one recently but the seller wanted too much.


I have to agree a lot of fugly B's!

Go Steelfish Go!!

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mfserge wrote:
This contest has made me realize that there are a lot of fugly breitlings.

Just curious . . . which ones do you feel fall into the "fugly" category?
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Sooner wrote:
mfserge wrote:
This contest has made me realize that there are a lot of fugly breitlings.

Just curious . . . which ones do you feel fall into the "fugly" category?

Personally I think the ones we have left are all pretty good looking.....

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rplace wrote:
Kodiak wrote:
mfserge wrote:
So pissed the code yellow lost to the emergency!!!

Ha! It was close, may have to go to instant replay... bad call by the official may have cost the round :?:



Very bummed to see that. Was out of the country last week and did not care much to get on my laptop. I nominated it and would have for sure voted for it. Looks like it lost by one vote...mine would have at least made it a tie. Emergency Mission I could almost see....but straight up Emergency WTF? Last time I go on vacation :wink:


Wow, you think the mission is better looking than the emergency? That really suprises me! I always thought of the mission as the ugly sister!

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C'mon (regular) Xwind!!! :D

Was the Flying B nominated for the contest? Not I like that particular model, just curious if it was nominated.
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gliebig wrote:
C'mon (regular) Xwind!!! :D

Was the Flying B nominated for the contest? Not I like that particular model, just curious if it was nominated.



I guess not, here's the list of the original contestants for your interest:

Top Time 2002 vs. SuperOcean Heritage Chronograph
Chrono Avenger M1 vs. Skyracer
Colt Automatic 17380 vs. Top Time 810
Avenger Seawolf Ti vs. Avenger Code Yellow LE
Chronospace 56012 vs. SuperOcean Steelfish X-Large / SuperOcean Steelfish (all 44mm versions)
Premier vs. Emergency SuperQuartz
Bentley Le Mans vs. Twin Sixty
Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon vs. Chrono SuperOcean 13340
Blackbird Blacksteel vs. Navitimer Fighters
Crosswind Special LE vs. Bentley GT Ice
Chronomat 769 vs. Datora 784 / 785
Hercules vs. SuperOcean 2105
Chronomat Evolution vs. Chronomat Calibre 13
Crosswind vs. Blackbird 13050 / 13050.1
Spatiographe vs. Long Playing 7104
Montbrillant Olympus vs. TransOcean Chronograph b0152
B-1 SuperQuartz vs. Chrono Avenger
Emergency Mission vs. Blackbird 13353
Old Navitimer Mecanique vs. Navitimer 1461 LE (2011) 19370
Pluton 57038 vs. Navitimer Olympus
Chrono-matic 2114 vs. SuperOcean Heritage 46
Old Navitimer II vs. Aerospace 80360 (Navitimer)
TransOcean Chronograph Unitime vs. 765CP (Co-Pilot)
Navitimer 806 vs. Chronomat B01
Blackbird 44359 vs. Mark VI Complications 19
Chronomat 13352 vs. Crosswind Racing
Chrono Avenger Rattrapante LE vs. Chrono-matic 24
Serie Speciale Lemania Cosmonaute DB vs. SuperOcean 17360
Headwind vs. Navitimer World
Cockpit vs. SuperOcean Heritage Chronograph 125th Anniversary
Montbrillant 1461 Jours vs. Montbrillant Datora
Unitime 260 vs. Navitimer 01

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Nav01L wrote:
gliebig wrote:
C'mon (regular) Xwind!!! :D

Was the Flying B nominated for the contest? Not I like that particular model, just curious if it was nominated.



I guess not, here's the list of the original contestants for your interest:

Top Time 2002 vs. SuperOcean Heritage Chronograph
Chrono Avenger M1 vs. Skyracer
Colt Automatic 17380 vs. Top Time 810
Avenger Seawolf Ti vs. Avenger Code Yellow LE
Chronospace 56012 vs. SuperOcean Steelfish X-Large / SuperOcean Steelfish (all 44mm versions)
Premier vs. Emergency SuperQuartz
Bentley Le Mans vs. Twin Sixty
Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon vs. Chrono SuperOcean 13340
Blackbird Blacksteel vs. Navitimer Fighters
Crosswind Special LE vs. Bentley GT Ice
Chronomat 769 vs. Datora 784 / 785
Hercules vs. SuperOcean 2105
Chronomat Evolution vs. Chronomat Calibre 13
Crosswind vs. Blackbird 13050 / 13050.1
Spatiographe vs. Long Playing 7104
Montbrillant Olympus vs. TransOcean Chronograph b0152
B-1 SuperQuartz vs. Chrono Avenger
Emergency Mission vs. Blackbird 13353
Old Navitimer Mecanique vs. Navitimer 1461 LE (2011) 19370
Pluton 57038 vs. Navitimer Olympus
Chrono-matic 2114 vs. SuperOcean Heritage 46
Old Navitimer II vs. Aerospace 80360 (Navitimer)
TransOcean Chronograph Unitime vs. 765CP (Co-Pilot)
Navitimer 806 vs. Chronomat B01
Blackbird 44359 vs. Mark VI Complications 19
Chronomat 13352 vs. Crosswind Racing
Chrono Avenger Rattrapante LE vs. Chrono-matic 24
Serie Speciale Lemania Cosmonaute DB vs. SuperOcean 17360
Headwind vs. Navitimer World
Cockpit vs. SuperOcean Heritage Chronograph 125th Anniversary
Montbrillant 1461 Jours vs. Montbrillant Datora
Unitime 260 vs. Navitimer 01



And here's the nominations thread - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42009

It would have been a brave person who nominated the Flying B :shock:
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Funny how the BB BD and Evo are got not to mention Surer Avenger never even got a look in!

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