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sorry fogot the Chronomat is under 46mm - a 24 hour Bentley would be nice I will have to pass on the SOHC as I already owe the SOH 46 and the same caliber in the SA. Next thing I live in Austria shipping costs to the US and back will be sky high.

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Super Avenger, Black, Batons, Pro 2
SuperOcean Heritage 46, Black, Ocean Classic

There's a lot of chicken counting going on again guys - no one has said yes yet.

I'm not avoiding comment to tease, I'm working to try and get resolution and a final decision, and am not going to say anything that will jeopardise that. You can draw your own conclusions about how easy a decision this is for Breitling with it taking this long to get an answer.

Until we get a 'yes' in principle we can't even discuss model options and costs with Breitling, and it stands to reason that not everyone is going to get their number one choice as it will only be one model if it happens.

Anyone with cash on the table will have a stake in what the final consensus choice is, but Breitling will ultimately have the final say.

They would be very dump to say no. So what's the definite model? the red/black SOHC?

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Super Avenger, Black, Batons, Pro 2
SuperOcean Heritage 46, Black, Ocean Classic

As I said, we can't discuss that with Breitling until they agree in principle to do it. Breitling will provide a list of models that they will consider customising and we will have to choose one from that list. They then have to agree to the degree of customisation that we request.

The red and black SOHC is popular but to get to that:

1) Breitling has to agree in principle
2) Breitling has to list the SOHC as one of the available models to customise
3) Breitling has to agree to a different colour for the SOHC
4) Breitling has to agree to produce an SOHC with different coloured subdials

And of course the potentially biggest challenge:

5) There have to be enough people putting cash down to allow for an order to be placed.

Mmmmmmm.... cash down..... customised models....
I think that's where the Emergency fits in.

Imagine a customised matching UTC...

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HeadOffice...
B1+UTC
B1+UTC
B2+UTC
Chronomatic 49
Emergency+UTC-Yellow
Emergency+UTC-Black
Emergency+UTC-Blue
Super Avenger
SuperOcean Heritage 46

-- Looking for B4B Le Mans

In the end I venture to guess that it won't be the biggest, depending of course on the minimum order requirements.

I hope you are right, but here are a few facts:

1) If the minimum order is 50 I don't have enough expressions of interest - and that's without commitment
2) If the minimum order is greater than 10 I don't have consensus on the model
3) If the minimum order is greater than 5 I don't think we have enough people saying that they are prepared to pay the likely cost
4) If the minimum order is greater than 3 I don't think we have enough people saying that they are prepared to pay a high enough deposit

Those last two are speculation, I don't know anything, but I do know what Breitling's usual policy is on LEs. I also know that the minimum order for customer commission LEs is either 25 or 50 depending on the model.

On a slightly different topic, and maybe to get on my soapbox slightly..........

I have read a lot of comments on this and other threads, as well as in PMs about how Breitling have to do it, or how Breitling won't care about what is discussed here, etc.

I guarantee you that Breitling staff regularly visit this site - both regionally and from Switzerland, and they absolutely do care about what is discussed here - that's not speculation - it's fact. We are asking them to tie their corporate image to this site with an LE - and remember there will be more internet discussions on this LE than any other LE EVER, simply because it's associated with this site. They are going to want to be extremely comfortable before they do this.

If everyone accepts that the work of bnewbie (and others) signle handledly improves our chances, then you also have to accept that other members can single handedly hurt our chances.

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Model concensus is a big one. Personally I'm fairly flexible, but I do like the direction we were heading in in one way shape or form.

Never realised there was interest at the top about what we say. That's good news.

Looking forward to the 55mm SA QP DB LE with in-house movement

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I'd like to be interested in a custom limited edition but have a couple of concerns; Would the Breitling Source logo be reflected on the watch dial or would it just be something unique as to color of the dial? I'm not much interested in anything over 42mm and would prefer the Aerospace of the choices given. Great idea though!

Paul

Paul, while the design will have to be developed in conjunction with Breitling (if they approve of course), the consensus seems to be NOT to have a logo, rather make it a unique colour combo.

Don't mean to thread crap, I at this time cannot buy-inthe LE watch but have been involved with similar custom making products including watches too many times to count.

My educated guess is that if you want a custom dial, they will do as few as 25 though 50 would not be a shocker but if you want to change a bezel color and dial the absolute minimum is going to be at least 50 watches.
If you picked an existing dial, subdials, bezel and wanted something printed on the dial and engraved on the caseback than that could definitely be done for 25 pieces.
This is much different than completely changing the watch with a unique dial color, corporate markets have been printing dials on watches for years.
I could be very wrong just thought I would share my opinion that I think the level of customization will affect Breitling's quantity requirements.

As a general these type of parts are not made in what I would call tiny quantities that you are asking, so exceptions would need to be and favors made all along with the assembly line.
I would temper expectations or come up with a couple of plan B's depending on what they allow in terms of customization.

Let's get this moving!!!
I'm down for an Emergency (UTC would be a NICE limited edition)!!

That said - a 24 hr large dial (none of this girly 41mm stuff) would be great too.
Bank account waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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HeadOffice...
B1+UTC
B1+UTC
B2+UTC
Chronomatic 49
Emergency+UTC-Yellow
Emergency+UTC-Black
Emergency+UTC-Blue
Super Avenger
SuperOcean Heritage 46

-- Looking for B4B Le Mans

Does anyone else find HO's new animated thread attachments disturbing?

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Chronomat, Steel/Gold, MOP Dial, 2-tone band (2008)
Super Avenger Black Baton Dial (2009)
Bentley B04 GMT Silver Dial (2013)
Avenger Blacksteel Baton Dial (2014)

OK, OK - I'll stop now.
Just can't help it.
It sums up my feelings of potential new acquisitions...

Of course - if my ever finds out...

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HeadOffice...
B1+UTC
B1+UTC
B2+UTC
Chronomatic 49
Emergency+UTC-Yellow
Emergency+UTC-Black
Emergency+UTC-Blue
Super Avenger
SuperOcean Heritage 46

-- Looking for B4B Le Mans