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Ive been reading postings on the forum for a while, very informative. I just bought a breitling colt automatic before the price increase, my first breitling, couldn’t be happier, just a few things that caught my eye as Im clearly paranoid about my watch. It seems like it is gaining 5-10 seconds a day since I started wearing it consistently on Monday. Is this normal or something I should be concerned about.

Ive never had an automatic watch so its taking a while to get used to the sweeping second hand. Should it rotate completely smoothly or should I expect some slight vibrations (barely noticeable). i hope these questions arent ridiculous. thanks a lot

It is not supersmooth, it actually moves in 4 or 5 increments per second, just looks like its sweeping

as far as accuracy goes, its early days, all new watches take a bit of 'bedding in' don't worry and recheck in a few weeks/months, if outwith Chronometer spec, your AD will sort it but a few seconds /day is fine

Welcome and Enjoy the beginning of a long and happy relationship with the Breitling brand.

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John

Current:- Navi World, Coral SO, Panerai 219, Sea Dweller, Suunto Core etc

CORAL CLUB FOUNDING FATHER

All Breitling watches are COSC, which means that the watch should operate within a marginal error of -4 to +6 seconds per day. I fully understand the concept of letting the movement to bed in with time, but does this apply on COSC movements as well, and if the answer is yes then how did they get the certification if they were not bedded in?

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Time is precious, keep it with elegance!
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they have probably been sitting unwound for a period of time, perhaps getting slightly wound when moving on route to the dealer etc etc

I'm just saying that the watch needs to settle down to the wearers body heat/activity etc etc before judging

remember that cosc testing is a continuous process on a fully wound watch.


you will also find you can regulate the watch yourself by leaving it in a crown down or crown up position overnight (unless you have a tourbillion )

In summary, just enjoy the watch and don't get to hung-up on accuracy, if its accuracy you want, you cannot beat a radio regulated casio waveceptor for $50 !....but that is missing the point

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John

Current:- Navi World, Coral SO, Panerai 219, Sea Dweller, Suunto Core etc

CORAL CLUB FOUNDING FATHER

I just purchased the Colt Automatic (my first truly high-end watch) and I just love it. I get complimentary remarks about it all the time.

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Colt Automatic