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Author:  L60N [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:03 am ]
Post subject:  New Watch - Not so New
Bought my Navi World a month_ish ago and am so happy, wouldn't change it for anything! It's +6 secs everyday which I prefer rather than slow, keeps me punctual when otherwise I'd probably be running late ha!

The markers are perfect. I never thought to check at the time as I assumed they would be (price/quality expectation) but have since read plenty of others don't line up which would grate on me so I lucked out there.

Anyway, one thing has peeved me a bit:

When I was sat trying this particular one from inside the display cabinet. Whilst sold on it as it was my ideal combination of white dial on brown strap I enquired as to whether it was a 2013 model to which the lady replied yes. When looking at the serial the other day when changing the strap it's actually late 2012 making it pretty much a year old.

Would that bother anybody else?

No going back for me as this is a keeper unless for some reason I ended up flat broke with no other choice than to sell.
Just interested to read peoples thoughts on the above.

Kind regards.
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
Watches don't have model years, and the World hasn't changed so no big deal as far as I am concerned. All that you know is when the case was made, the watch would have been made later, then tested, then shipped to a distributor, then shipped to an AD, then sat in a case - all with delays along the way. It's not ever going to have been that much newer in perfect circumstances.
Author:  L60N [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
A fair point, well made. :)
Author:  TomP [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
As Roff said, it's the date of the case batch and not actual assembly; I'd be very pleased with that short a date / sale interval. Many 'new' watches are two or three years old.
Author:  P51 [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
I agree with the sentiment here. It’s as new a Navi World as you could get from that seller. I would not be concerned either.

Wear it in good health. :lingsrock:
Author:  hotmog [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
I've just had a look at the date stamp on the Pro II bracelet of my Superocean 1736006, which reads W 09 09. I assume that means it was manufactured in September 2009. I've not removed it to see what date stamp is on the case, but I should imagine it will probably be within a month or two. The papers show that the watch was purchased on 25 August 2010, so there was almost a year between actual production and initial sale. I've no idea whether that timescale is typical, but it doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
hotmog wrote:
I've just had a look at the date stamp on the Pro II bracelet of my Superocean 1736006, which reads W 09 09. I assume that means it was manufactured in September 2009. I've not removed it to see what date stamp is on the case, but I should imagine it will probably be within a month or two. The papers show that the watch was purchased on 25 August 2010, so there was almost a year between actual production and initial sale. I've no idea whether that timescale is typical, but it doesn't seem unreasonable to me.


It means that it was produced in week 9 of 09 (early March) - http://www.breitlingsource.com/articles_dating.shtml
Author:  hotmog [ Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
Thanks for that clarification, Roff. It seems my watch is a little older than I thought, but the point I was trying to make perhaps now holds even more. :)
Author:  TomP [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:13 pm ]
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Anecdotally, date stamp on the watch case could be rather more than a month or two different from the bracelet. Only one way to find out...

But ISTR that your SO is the last of the 'old' style, that short-lived transitional model before the SO II of 2010-on. (I remember that as I have the same.) If so that was made from mid-2008 to late-2009 / maybe very early 2010, so your watch will be in that narrow window I reckon.
Author:  hotmog [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
TomP wrote:
Anecdotally, date stamp on the watch case could be rather more than a month or two different from the bracelet. Only one way to find out...

But ISTR that your SO is the last of the 'old' style, that short-lived transitional model before the SO II of 2010-on. (I remember that as I have the same.) If so that was made from mid-2008 to late-2009 / maybe very early 2010, so your watch will be in that narrow window I reckon.

Yes, it's the last version of the "classic" SOs, with skeletonised numerals (other than solid 6, 9 & 12), and the arrow-shaped hour hand. I've got a Pro II Diver rubber strap for it as well, as yet unworn, so I might swap it over tomorrow and have a look at the date stamp on the case while I'm at it.
Author:  hotmog [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
Well, I've now swapped the bracelet over for the Pro Diver II. The date stamp on the case is 3608, which I think works out to the first week of September 2008. That ties in with with the time-frame you suggested, Tom, and shows that the case was manufactured around 6 months before the bracelet. It would be another 18 months or so before the finished article found its way on to the wrist of its initial purchaser. :)
Author:  SCD [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New Watch - Not so New
L60N wrote:
Would that bother anybody else?


Probably, but not me. Congrats!
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