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Order is in, now i have to play the waiting game!
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Author:  JeremyDel [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:39 am ]
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Hey guys, So i last night i finally put my order in for a Navi world white face! This will be my first breitling and cannot wait!! had my eye on the World for about 3 years now! AD says it usally takes 6-8weeks anyone have previous special orders that came quickier then the standard 6-8weeks. My brother's SA came in on the 8th week, i really hope it doesnt take that long this time!
Author:  robb01 [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:36 am ]
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Hopefully the wait goes by quickly!
Author:  Acro-Pilot [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:12 pm ]
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Awesome choice!!! Be sure and grace the "What watch are you wearing today" thread with some pictures once it arrives.

Congrats on a stellar first 'Ling!!! :lingsrock:
Author:  norman16 [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:29 pm ]
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congrats! what band did you order it with?
Author:  KMG [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:53 pm ]
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The waiting game is agony isn't it Jeremy :popcorn: .

I can fully sympathise as I am waiting for my Airwolf to come back from service - I hate the wait and miss it dreadfully but the time does pass, EVENTUALLY :whiner: .

Please post some pics when it does arrive :brit .
:lingsrock:
Author:  FEAR [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:31 pm ]
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6 to 8 weeks? i ordered that exact watch on friday, it came in on monday..... where do you live?
Author:  JeremyDel [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:00 pm ]
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Pictures will be up as soon as i pick it up!! I decided to go with a black Croc band since i will be wearing the watch casually, and only sometimes with a suit!
I ordered it from"la swiss" in Toronto
Author:  Nixmazda [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:23 pm ]
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I have that watch sitting in my store right now! Btw my store = AD ;)
Author:  boogiebot [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:27 pm ]
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i remember waiting for my first motors to come. took forever or at least it felt like that. hopefully the time flys by.
Author:  RXPete [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:18 pm ]
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Nixmazda wrote:
I have that watch sitting in my store right now! Btw my store = AD ;)

Where's your store?
Author:  pkeung [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:02 am ]
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FEAR wrote:
6 to 8 weeks? i ordered that exact watch on friday, it came in on monday..... where do you live?


Geoff - welcome to Canada. Now you get why I always ask you how long it takes to order stuff in, because Breitling Canada doesn't hold inventory so it takes weeks... or months!
Author:  Nixmazda [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:39 pm ]
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RXPete wrote:
Nixmazda wrote:
I have that watch sitting in my store right now! Btw my store = AD ;)

Where's your store?


Orlando, FL
Author:  boogiebot [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:06 pm ]
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@Pkeung. what store did you buy from in Vancouver??
Author:  Roffensian [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:08 pm ]
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pkeung wrote:
FEAR wrote:
6 to 8 weeks? i ordered that exact watch on friday, it came in on monday..... where do you live?


Geoff - welcome to Canada. Now you get why I always ask you how long it takes to order stuff in, because Breitling Canada doesn't hold inventory so it takes weeks... or months!



Not really true.

For a start there is no such thing as Breitling Canada. the distributor is Grigoros which is also the owner of La Swiss. Rather than keep stock at head office they push most of it out to the La Swiss stores, but because the corporate model is to have the stores compete with one another the managers of most La Swiss stores refuse to send stock to other stores because they want to try and 'steal' the customer instead. As a result the store managers don't even bother trying to locate stock from other stores and go to Grigoros who order direct from Switzerland.
Author:  pkeung [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:38 pm ]
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Roffensian wrote:

Not really true.

For a start there is no such thing as Breitling Canada. the distributor is Grigoros which is also the owner of La Swiss. Rather than keep stock at head office they push most of it out to the La Swiss stores, but because the corporate model is to have the stores compete with one another the managers of most La Swiss stores refuse to send stock to other stores because they want to try and 'steal' the customer instead. As a result the store managers don't even bother trying to locate stock from other stores and go to Grigoros who order direct from Switzerland.


Canadians know there is no "Breitling Canada" but if we were to write "Grigoros" then 3/4 of this board would have no clue who/what we are refering to.

La Swiss is not the only Canadian AD so even if there were La Swiss stores that did pull from others, the other AD's do not have access to inventory except for they have on hand, unlike in the US, or most other parts of the world.
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