The Breitling Watch Source Forums

Breitling Watch Information Forums, Navitimer, Chronomat
It is currently Sun May 04, 2025 2:54 pm

Board index » Breitling Discussion » Breitling Discussion

All times are UTC - 8 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 9 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Jbezio87
 Post subject: New family Shark
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:51 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:19 pm
Posts: 112
Likes: 4 posts
Liked in: 3 posts
Location: Keene, NH
Just bought this Shark with full box and papers from 1992, it was purchased in Germany. Looks like they took the bezel and just modernized it and put it on the SO44.


Image

Image

_________________
Joshua Bezio

Emergency Mission
Avenger Blacksteel Code Red
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean 44
Shark Automatic
Colt Automatic (wifes)
Colt Quartz (Stolen unrecovered)
Colt Chronograph ( Recovered broken)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
P51
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:29 pm 
Offline
King of Ling
King of Ling
User avatar

Joined: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:49 am
Posts: 1536
Likes: 22 posts
Liked in: 28 posts
Hi Joshua,

Do you think its wearable as is, or does the degraded lume make it hard to look at close up? Hard to tell from the photos but has the lume created a halo on the back of the crystal or on the face of the watch? Would make a nice little restoration project as its all there, yes!

_________________
Jim

"You have Control".
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Jbezio87
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:54 pm 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:19 pm
Posts: 112
Likes: 4 posts
Liked in: 3 posts
Location: Keene, NH
I wore it for a whole day and it seemed fine, none of the lime works at all. Also the problems are with the dial itself, the movement has been fully serviced and runs flawlessly. The dial and the mineral glass are the only things that need to be changed. Not sure what I should do, fix it up and sell it, or sell it as a project.

_________________
Joshua Bezio

Emergency Mission
Avenger Blacksteel Code Red
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean 44
Shark Automatic
Colt Automatic (wifes)
Colt Quartz (Stolen unrecovered)
Colt Chronograph ( Recovered broken)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
P51
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:42 pm 
Offline
King of Ling
King of Ling
User avatar

Joined: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:49 am
Posts: 1536
Likes: 22 posts
Liked in: 28 posts
Well you will make the right decision in the end. But for my 5 cents worth, I would keep it as a project for yourself. I think it could come up great with a bit of tlc.

_________________
Jim

"You have Control".
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Jbezio87
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:02 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:19 pm
Posts: 112
Likes: 4 posts
Liked in: 3 posts
Location: Keene, NH
Its also a very early piece... serial 0574

_________________
Joshua Bezio

Emergency Mission
Avenger Blacksteel Code Red
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean 44
Shark Automatic
Colt Automatic (wifes)
Colt Quartz (Stolen unrecovered)
Colt Chronograph ( Recovered broken)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Roffensian
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:44 am 
Offline
Contributing Moderator
Contributing Moderator
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:09 am
Posts: 36521
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 489 posts
Location: Ontario, Canada
Jbezio87 wrote:
Its also a very early piece... serial 0574


After 1978 serial numbers were random, lower numbers don't mean earlier.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Jbezio87
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:20 am 
Offline
Contributing Member
Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:19 pm
Posts: 112
Likes: 4 posts
Liked in: 3 posts
Location: Keene, NH
Gotcha thanks Roff...now I made myself look like an idiot

_________________
Joshua Bezio

Emergency Mission
Avenger Blacksteel Code Red
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean 44
Shark Automatic
Colt Automatic (wifes)
Colt Quartz (Stolen unrecovered)
Colt Chronograph ( Recovered broken)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Roffensian
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:35 am 
Offline
Contributing Moderator
Contributing Moderator
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:09 am
Posts: 36521
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 489 posts
Location: Ontario, Canada
Jbezio87 wrote:
Gotcha thanks Roff...now I made myself look like an idiot

Welcome to the club :lol:
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
poppydog
 Post subject: Re: New family Shark
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:14 am 
Offline
Breitling Fanatic
Breitling Fanatic

Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:13 pm
Posts: 289
Likes: 21 posts
Liked in: 40 posts
Location: UK
That's a beaut', congratulations :lingsrock:

_________________
Regards

Steve
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  

Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 9 posts ] 

Board index » Breitling Discussion » Breitling Discussion

All times are UTC - 8 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 45 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
 




Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group