It is true that Ancient and Modern are not a Breitling AD. However, if the watch has a correctly stamped warranty card and there is Breitling warranty remaining (2 years from date of purchase) then the warranty will be vailid. It's the watch itself that is covered not the person so Breitling would honour the warranty.
Having said all that it's always better to buy from an AD because Grey Market dealers often polish/refurbish watches so you have no idea of it's true condition and they also do their own watch repairs and if they have opened the case then Breitling will definetly not touch the watch under their own warranty

Which grey market sellers provide warranties?

Which grey market sellers provide warranties?

Thanks everyone for such speedy responses.

there is a couple of hundred pounds in the difference so thinking that it would be best to get it from an authorised dealer. I think that being my first and limited knowledge on warrenty cards etc could send me down a whole world of pain if I were to have any problems.

Here in the UK namy of the Grey Market dealers provide their own warranties, Swiss Watch co, Ian Blowers, Watches of Distinction to name but a few...... Having said that I am not keen on Grey Market dealers and would never buy from them (I have sold to them in the past though) because I only like to use the correct manufactures warranty and as previously mentioned I don't like the way Grey Market dealers refurbish watches.

Just a couple of points here -

Firstly I'd never EVER trust a grey market dealers "warranty". My advice to anyway who buys a grey market watch that doesn't have the balance of the manufacturer's warranty on it, but has the GM dealer's warranty, is to assume that the watch has no warranty at all. If you experience problems with the watch, just bite the bullet and send it to Breitling yourself. Sure you'll have to pay for it, but better that than entrust it to the GM's "watchmaker" who could quite easily be a random guy in the back of their warehouse with a set of Bergeons!

The second point is that I personally believe that stories of GM dealers refurbishing customer returned watches for resale are grossly exagerated. Maybe it happened in the past, but the ones I've seen (from friends who've bought them), and the ones I've bought myself to sell on (when the FX rate was better!) have all been undoubtedly 100% brand new. Obviously you have to be careful which GM dealer you use but that's like anything in life. I'm certainly not advocating using a GM over an AD, but I think some of the concerns people have are a little over-egged at times. JMO.