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I'm with D8. I don't like them at all but they aren't going to turn me away from the brand. I don't expect to like all Breitling has to offer, the same for everything else. I don't personally like the Colt but that's just me. Having said all that those things are butt ugly

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i cant believe how many peoples loyalty will be in question. all is i can say is there are a lot of differant brands out there, and not one of them do i like every watch that they make. some i like and some i dont. as far as this skyracer, its fugly!!! yes, but this dosent mean i going to run out and sell my seawolf or cancel my superocean abyss. i dont care how many ugly watches they make, there will still be more awesome pieces then fugly pieces!! imho steve

Reading this and looking at the watch in question again I really think they might be a bit of over reaction here. For sure they, IMO, look ridiculous. I think there surly can't be to many people who will fork out the sort of money for these particular limited editions. (around $5000 I think)
Its talked about here that they may be current or future trend styled pieces so I ask would or even could many people purchase such a watch as a current style and truly believe that it will be still in style in 2, 5, 10 or what ever amount of year they own the watch.
I voted for the don't like and will question my loyalties if this trend continues. To me that means that if in the future the full breitling display in the shop window looked or even resembled the red and orange pieces I certainly would not purchase them or any thing like them.
Maybe I jump on the bandwagon with some trends, fashion etc BUT if I personally do not like the trend I will not partake in it! ,as in, this might be trendy or in fashion for the next few years but I will not be wearing one even if I got it for free!
Maybe in the future we all will like some of the new collections who knows.
So take a positive from this, breitling may see that the up take of the limited edition is very slow and might not even sell the full run of them and then see the light as it were.

If not then Rolex here I come

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Breanach78

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I have to say I agree in this case...... hence why I said what I said in my first post in this thread, and why I therefore voted for the, "I don't like them, but it's not going to put me off the brand" option.

IMO just because a brand makes 1 or 2 hideous models at a particular point in time doesn't mean that everything they make in future will be awful. Hopefully these "PlayDohRacers" will sell very badly, and therefore give Breitling all the feedback they need when looking to design future models.

To me it's like saying, "I have no faith in Rolex because alongside models like the SDDS they also produce some utterly hideous diamond-encrusted monstrosities". And let's not forget, Rolex made Mickey Mouse versions a few years ago, and has that shaken people's faith in the brand? No, not at all. As I said above, I'm sure these children's version Skyracers are just a bump in the Breitling design road. (I hope! )

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Driver8

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I went with "not liking it but won't turn me away from the brand" because if that Blackbird in-house comes to fruition without unnecessary changes - I'm gonna be on it. But let's hope this is an apparition and not a new theme.

I voted like wise, but I would have clinched a question like this:

I don't like them at all and want to vomit but it doesn't turn me away from the brand yet

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Well, BMW experienced this with the Bangle era 5 and 7 series, only to step back and produce a much more "classic" 5 series like the F10/11 and 7 series like the F01.

They're still wandering though how much clientèle they lost to Audi because of that.

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Agreed D8 but for a brand like Breitling, they shouldn't even have considered any "bump" like this in the first place IMO.

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- This is Ghost Rider requesting a fly-by. - Negative Ghost Rider. The pattern is full.

I voted "I don't like them, don't take them, just not my style."

Just because I don't like the way these 2 watches look doesn't man I'm going to dislike the current breitlings I own. Although, as sharkman said about Zenith, there may be point were the image of breitling is completely different than it is now. If Breitling is perceived as a joke to the general population in the future, it may affect my buying decisions. I'm not sure which is worse though, the image caused by these 2 watches or the image of breitling as a blingy rapper's watch it has now to some people.

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Well it looks like the votes are slowing down so lets see where we are.

Tabulating the numbers in this admittedly, unscientific, biased poll, it would indicate that only 5% of respondents said they liked the new watches at all, and of that 5%, only one person or 1% said he liked them enough to buy one. The reminder of the 5% felt that, while they liked the watches, they were too expensive.

6% of respondents felt strongly enough about the watches to leave the brand altogether. If you include the one individual who indicated that he would consider other brands than Breitling, then this figure rises to a loss of future customers to the company of 7% in order to sell these watches to 1% of current customers. (Am I thinking that out correctly? Statistics have never been my strong suit.)

70% of people said they did not like them at all but with the majority of those saying that it would not influence their commitment to the brand. 32% of people said that if these watches were the direction that the company was heading they would bail out. Adding that 32% to the 7% who were already leaving and you get 39% of individuals who responded in this poll as either already gone or will be gone if this is the direction of the future.



This was fun and informative guys. Thanks so much for participating.

The poll is still open if there are any more votes out there.

1. I don't think the orange one is that bad. Honestly, there are worse looking Chronomat versions out there than these...

2. Breitling couldn't care less what we think and I'm confident they have only the slightest interest in the existence of this website. That interest being the "source" part of the name....it could be taken as a replica or gray market site if taken by the name alone..so they checked it out that was that.

3. Remember WIS make up a fraction of the Breitling market. The market they are going after are impulse shoppers with lots of disposable income. We are on the fringe of their customer base. Between "fanboys" and professionals who actually use the watches for their intended purpose, it's probably only about 5% of their market...

I promise you that is not the case, Breitling actively monitor this site. Whether they care or not is obviously speculation, but to suggest that they simply checked to see if it was a replica site and then moved on is just flat out incorrect.

Fair enojgh, but if they don't actively participate and obviously pay no attention to our likes and dislikes...what are they "monitoring"?

They aren't allowed to participate 'officially'. We have no way of knowing whether they are paying "attention to our likes and dislikes". We got DBs on the LE in house pieces - perhaps that was in part because the forum kept asking for them - you and I don't know and won't ever know.

I was looking at a more water resistant watch for my water sports. Looked at the SO2, too small & looked cheap to me. However ladies & gentleman we have a new contender..CHEAP!

Unfortunately the youthful target audience B'ling are after wouldn't be able to shell out $800 on a casio let alone $8,000 on one of these.

Just my opinion. Can't wait to see a bentley tarted up like this.