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Hi, everybody.

I got a B01 yesterday. Yaay! Here are my immediate impressions of it:

It looks stunning. It also isn't quite as "loud" as I thought it would be even though it's all polished. The much opined on bezel looks very good and different from the impression you get from pictures (I didn't care for it at first, but now i do. Fancy that...). Very slick.

Build quality is top notch. It feels rock solid. The bracelet is very comfortable.

You can feel a marked difference from the ETA/Valjoux-based movements when you wind it. There is more resistance and I'm guessing that this has to do with the main spring...? The instant date change is also very cool. Readability is excellent and the lume index marker on the bezel is a very nice touch. The increments are even more closely spaced on the bezel when you turn it than on the models I'm familiar with.

It's also a quiet winder. If you hold it close to your ear, the sound of the winding mechanism is much less pronounced than Valjoux-based movements. But there is another sound in there if you wriggle it a little and I'm guessing that this is a repositioning hammer of some kind that I seem to remember reading about?

I sold my Tag Carrera and CSO to do this upgrade and methinks that descision will not be regretted


Pics will be posted.

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congratz on the new buy....cant wait to see the pics

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Chronomat BF w/ Pilot
Sky Land Avenger w/ Pro II
Tag Heuer SLR

Here are some quicky in-front-of-the-mirror shots:

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Nice choice on the watch. I love my B01.

-Craig

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

Looks great! Nice one!

beautiful watch, im still waiting impatiently for mine to come, (same face) hah, are u in the states????? ive had on order for a month now

Great watch. I am yet to have a play with one in person but I am sure itll be awesome.

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PAM359M | PAM311L | PAM305L | PAM219M | PAM292K

i got the same

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for 5 days now and i love it!, bit scratch sensitive. big selling succes for gives them much new breitling costumers i tink

good luck

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Congratulations. I've tried one on, and it has much more presence than the pics suggested, even for a bezel sceptic like me.

Enjoy it, it looks great on your wrist.

Your wait will be worth it
I asked the AD about ordering times and they told me that the wait would be at least one month.

I'm not in the US, but in Europe. Norway, to be precise. I went to the AD looking for the carbon black dial, but the black/white dial really jumped out at me so I got that one instead. It really is hard to do this watch justice with pictures. Even some friends of mine who can't tell the difference between a rolex and a timex, and who don't care to, were really struck by how it looks.

I'm one happy camper

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Looks great on your wrist!

I could just sit and look at it for a while

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I've handled the same watch yesterday.
It's a beauty (except the font, you all now which one).

YUMMY!!!!!!!! that's the B01 that I want!

I've also tried one on and had the same impression, it does have good wrist presence. Congratulations!

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