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TAG Professional (Silver/Gold) 2000 - still going strong and kept as spare when Wolf is away.
Breitling B1 (Blue) 2003 - 2008.
Breitling Airwolf (Black Sunburst) 2008 - Date.

See here.

Thank you so very much Jacksonstone - from this day forward, I will look back on today as the day the rest of my life (and for others on BS too) became truly enlightened. Life will just never be the same again after that gem of wisdom .

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TAG Professional (Silver/Gold) 2000 - still going strong and kept as spare when Wolf is away.
Breitling B1 (Blue) 2003 - 2008.
Breitling Airwolf (Black Sunburst) 2008 - Date.

Don't kill the messenger. It's not like I made the phrase up.

As if I needed it spelling out . This messenger deserved shooting.

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TAG Professional (Silver/Gold) 2000 - still going strong and kept as spare when Wolf is away.
Breitling B1 (Blue) 2003 - 2008.
Breitling Airwolf (Black Sunburst) 2008 - Date.

In the spirit of the holidays...

Dear Jacksonstone,

Definitely uncalled for and not what I would have expected from such a long term member/visitor of this site . But as you say 'in the spirit of the holidays' - I wish you and yours a very Merry Xmas and all of the best for 2012.

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TAG Professional (Silver/Gold) 2000 - still going strong and kept as spare when Wolf is away.
Breitling B1 (Blue) 2003 - 2008.
Breitling Airwolf (Black Sunburst) 2008 - Date.

Hi guys, thank you for crossing swords on this thread, totally un-necessary. Better think of how will you come back to this forum when YOU have a problem with your collection of Breitling watches.... and you can't find solutions.
The fact remains that it appears that my two Aerospace watches have the same problem. That Breitling did not advise me properly (its not in the manual) and that their 96-00 quartz movement is not the best, to say the least. Asking for thousands of dollars, even discounted, to fix what is apparently a factory deffect, does not match their image. This is for public consumption. Privately I will seek professional advise on how to solve this issue. The proof is in the pudding and we shall see how will they stand up to scrutiny (recall Toyota accidents). For most of you, just as for me, this is NOT ONLY JUST A WATCH. If we respect THEM, then THEY should respect us and not feed us b-s.

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Tempus fugit, for sure!

Apologies for the offence caused to you Gobreitling - please believe me when I say that I never intend to offend anyone here nor anywhere else (unless provoked of course ).

In my limited experience here however, I have noticed that the threads do tend to come back on track once people have had a chance at venting their opinions or frustrations. Also, although the venting happens - have you noticed that the thread tends to stay at the top of the unread pile, therefore getting more exposure? . I hope you get the problems you are experiencing with your collection resoloved (lucky person, I wish I could talk about my collection ).

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TAG Professional (Silver/Gold) 2000 - still going strong and kept as spare when Wolf is away.
Breitling B1 (Blue) 2003 - 2008.
Breitling Airwolf (Black Sunburst) 2008 - Date.

No offense. My collection is only these two pieces and someone better fix the problem.

Someone in this forum said its self inflicted. Next time your car dealer writes you to come in for a Factory fix, remember your inexpensive comment. First, i am noticing quite a few people pn this forum that hame see this post are siding with Breitling. Great way to get answers!!!
Furthermore that gentlemen missed the whole point: you should not have to worry about such things if Breitling would worry a bit more about their service centers. 10 years of service for the two watches and NEVER entered in the B system? How did the Hungarians get the parts. Some had the B emblem on it.
Just found out that second service center in Budapest not the best either. Hurrrrah! Told by someone here with 5 Breitlings for sale... Cheap too.
Bottom line old quartz is obsolete. Now what?

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Tempus fugit, for sure!

Well, at the risk of being accuse of siding with someone (my position is in fact neutral)......

1) Old quartz is obsolete - yep. Not old Breitling quartz, old quartz, period. Is it Breitling's fault that they can't source those movements, no. While this thread has been difficult to follow at times, they appear to have offered an upgrade to the SQ movement at a discount - they have done the same thing for other owners, and that seems to me to be a reasonable offer
2) The watch was serviced by an unauthorised service centre. Is that Breitling's fault - no. Should the service centre have told you that they had lost their authorised status - absolutely. Should you have checked - maybe.
3) How did the service centre get parts - easy, they were left over from when they were authorised. Breitling asks for them back and they don't send everything
4) Breitling should worry more about their service centres - apparently they do, that's why they pulled the authorised status (before your watch was serviced).

While I sympathise for the situation that you are in, I am not sure why Breitling is being targetted here. There are times when Breitling does some pretty dumb things from a customer service standpoint, and people here will say that. I don't see this as one of those situations.

Yeah, at the risk of being accused of siding, too, I fully agree with what Roff stated.

I was lost in this thread quite a few times. And I don't think that fellow members chose to side with Breitling against gobreitling26, it was just their point of view as they tried to help.

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

I'm not sure why you think you were provoked. All I did was post a Wikipedia link, without comment. How was I to know you already knew the expression? Your subsequent responses were indignant, sarcastic and snarky. Maybe I read too much into what you said, but I didn't take too kindly to you saying the "messenger" (who was me) deserved to be shot. So I posted a Santa flipping you the bird. What did you want me to do - thank you for insulting me? Given how I felt, I was exercising restraint.

To the OP: sometimes members lock swords. It happens. Obviously we'd prefer it didn't, but human nature dictates otherwise. It was a minor distraction in your thread; it did not ruin it, especially since this thread had pretty much already run its course on your initial topic. Please do not lecture me about needing the help of other members. I was one of the members who consistently tried to help you in this thread, even if that help was somewhat tempered by the fact I was often confused about what it was you were asking. (I'm not alone in that regard, I see.) These days, I usually give more help than I seek around here, although when I do need help, I ask for it and am grateful for what I receive.

Im not on anybody's side here, but when they're wrong they're wrong, and when they're right they're right. You sent your watch to a non-authorized service center, and then you want to hold Breitling responsible? At first it seemed that you sent it to Breitling, in which case I responded that you should be covered under warranty. Now that we find out it wasnt sent to Breitling, it seems that we've figured out your problem. Breitling is usually pretty good about getting things resolved, but they screw up once in a while. But since you didnt actually have any work done by them, I guess that not particularly relevant.

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-RJ

Totally correct. Breitling has both watches now. It's not their repair that I am worried for, even though it's becoming quite clear from this thread and my comms with them that fixing the Old Quartz should not even be offered. If the Budapest service was under par, if the parts were Ilegal, etc, that means that they/Breitling also slept at the wheel, so to speak. They are not responsible for the final repair and Breitling should sue the Service center who did anauthorized work. Its a fallacy to expect you to check your service center that you use for 10 years, each time you take your watch. Really, whoever wrote that needs a reality check.
We shall see.
Thank you for your comments.

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Tempus fugit, for sure!