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Anyone in the US have any experience with getting a new replacement movement for their Aerospace Advantage? I just picked up a used watch with a dead movement and was wondering what to expect.

Thanks.

vintage wrote:

expensive very expensive but I know someone who will buy it from you :lingsrock:

sonyman wrote:

vintage wrote:

expensive very expensive but I know someone who will buy it from you :lingsrock:

All in good time Phil. Think I'll have to throw some dollar bills at it first.

no you don't want to do that when I can do that for you, You know the aerospace is my fave watch you could always tease me with a pickie or two

Ah I'm glad to see someone picked that one up! Saw it for sale, but wasn't sure of the cost of a new movement and wasn't prepared to bite the bullet. Hoping it gets rescued and a nice new home soon! :-)

Dr J wrote:

Govberg told me $2k for a new movement. :lol:

Guess where I won't be sending it. I didn't get a warm fuzzy that they new what they were talking about. I could buy a donor watch for less than that and swap movements. I don't care about the UTC as I wouldn't use it anyway and can still wear it with that inop. Will probably just send to BUSA and be done with it.

Govberg told me $2k for a new movement. :lol:

I don't know about the Avantage, but I had my older Aerospace overhauled by BUSA with new crystal, rider tabs, crown, hands and new SuperQuartz movement for under $1000. Good as new. 2 grand for a new movement seems excessive to me.

Author:	vintage [ Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:56 pm ]
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Anyone in the US have any experience with getting a new replacement movement for their Aerospace Advantage? I just picked up a used watch with a dead movement and was wondering what to expect. Thanks.

Author:	sonyman [ Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:52 am ]
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vintage wrote: Anyone in the US have any experience with getting a new replacement movement for their Aerospace Advantage? I just picked up a used watch with a dead movement and was wondering what to expect. Thanks. expensive very expensive but I know someone who will buy it from you

Author:	vintage [ Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:02 pm ]
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sonyman wrote: vintage wrote: Anyone in the US have any experience with getting a new replacement movement for their Aerospace Advantage? I just picked up a used watch with a dead movement and was wondering what to expect. Thanks. expensive very expensive but I know someone who will buy it from you All in good time Phil. Think I'll have to throw some dollar bills at it first.

Author:	sonyman [ Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:07 pm ]
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vintage wrote: sonyman wrote: vintage wrote: Anyone in the US have any experience with getting a new replacement movement for their Aerospace Advantage? I just picked up a used watch with a dead movement and was wondering what to expect. Thanks. expensive very expensive but I know someone who will buy it from you All in good time Phil. Think I'll have to throw some dollar bills at it first. no you don't want to do that when I can do that for you, You know the aerospace is my fave watch you could always tease me with a pickie or two

Author:	vintage [ Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:42 pm ]
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sonyman wrote: no you don't want to do that when I can do that for you, You know the aerospace is my fave watch you could always tease me with a pickie or two Ok, here's your tease pic.

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Author:	Dr J [ Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:44 pm ]
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Ah I'm glad to see someone picked that one up! Saw it for sale, but wasn't sure of the cost of a new movement and wasn't prepared to bite the bullet. Hoping it gets rescued and a nice new home soon!

Author:	vintage [ Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:00 am ]
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Dr J wrote: Ah I'm glad to see someone picked that one up! Saw it for sale, but wasn't sure of the cost of a new movement and wasn't prepared to bite the bullet. Hoping it gets rescued and a nice new home soon! Govberg told me $2k for a new movement. Guess where I won't be sending it. I didn't get a warm fuzzy that they new what they were talking about. I could buy a donor watch for less than that and swap movements. I don't care about the UTC as I wouldn't use it anyway and can still wear it with that inop. Will probably just send to BUSA and be done with it.

Author:	sonyman [ Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:38 am ]
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vintage wrote: Dr J wrote: Ah I'm glad to see someone picked that one up! Saw it for sale, but wasn't sure of the cost of a new movement and wasn't prepared to bite the bullet. Hoping it gets rescued and a nice new home soon! Govberg told me $2k for a new movement. Guess where I won't be sending it. I didn't get a warm fuzzy that they new what they were talking about. I could buy a donor watch for less than that and swap movements. I don't care about the UTC as I wouldn't use it anyway and can still wear it with that inop. Will probably just send to BUSA and be done with it. I would love to know how much BUSA quote for that but theres always a home for that here

Author:	Dr J [ Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:17 pm ]
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vintage wrote: Govberg told me $2k for a new movement. Guess where I won't be sending it. I didn't get a warm fuzzy that they new what they were talking about. I could buy a donor watch for less than that and swap movements. I don't care about the UTC as I wouldn't use it anyway and can still wear it with that inop. Will probably just send to BUSA and be done with it. Ouch! This is why I didn't go for it... too much effort and unknown cost. Guess thats why I'll never get an amazing bargain! Looking forward to pics

Author:	Philm35 [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:01 am ]
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I don't know about the Avantage, but I had my older Aerospace overhauled by BUSA with new crystal, rider tabs, crown, hands and new SuperQuartz movement for under $1000. Good as new. 2 grand for a new movement seems excessive to me.

Author:	sonyman [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:06 am ]
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Philm35 wrote: I don't know about the Avantage, but I had my older Aerospace overhauled by BUSA with new crystal, rider tabs, crown, hands and new SuperQuartz movement for under $1000. Good as new. 2 grand for a new movement seems excessive to me. Older movements can be picked up quite cheaply as in under $200 but new ones well that's a different story, I think your wasting your time and money with it you should just send it to me and be done with it I honestly do

Author:	vintage [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:39 am ]
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Just got the watch in and a little surprise, it works! It's been keeping time. Display has problems so will still will need an overhaul but maybe not a completely new movement.

Author:	Dr J [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:20 pm ]
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:-O good news and congrats!

Author:	fmc000 [ Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:49 am ]
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Nice catch indeed!

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Author:	vintage [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:32 am ]
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Contacted one of the official Breitling service centers and they quoted me $530 for a new Aerospace movement and $250 for the Copilot movement. He said they don't usually need a completely new movement though. I imagine I'll still have the $300 overhaul cost since that's plus parts. I think Breitling treats the Copilot as a separate watch so will probably get hit twice on the overhaul cost. In any case. I posted the watch off yesterday and will be hoping for the best. Will update final results probably in four or five weeks when finished.