FlyingFish44 wrote: All,
I am happy to say that I sold my POS Flying Fish B01 after one year of ownership. I actually would not even call it a full year as it spent 2.5 months being repaired for a failed chrono only to come back with a broken winding crown. Overall I took it to another AD and sold it for a whopping 3k loss (after my initial huge discount). Since my time with this brand and this forum I have actually expanded my collection to a Rolex Sub ceramic dial, a Panerai 320 and an IWC aqautimer. I can easily say that breitling is the worst brand out there and by far.
Time keeping + B01 movement on my watch was easily 7-8 seconds gain per day. My chrono broke after 2 months of use and I thought that was an exception to the rule but 2 of my friends also had their models break in a very short time. After learing more about other brands and using them I came to undestand that Breitling is like Spirit airlines. Once you you fly once you never fly them again. My panerai and rolex and IWC are so far superior to this garbage brand that I can only be happy that I had a learning experience. A costly one but well worth it to move forward in the watch collection.
The forums like paneristi and various rolex and IWC(most) are a pleasure. I find that breitling forums all have the same theme of "Customer service was great", "Watch came back from service in such great condition", "BUSA is so nice". The reality is if yuo spend that much money on a watch, it shouldnt be at BUSA at all unless it needs an overhaul. Yup breitling is by far the worst brand out there. If they charged 1k for their garbage than all this would be moot points. Resale is the worst as well. 60 cents on the dollar and all AD throw 22% discount instantly. Try doing that with PAnerai or Rolex.
It's a shame you had a bad experience with Breitling, as there are literally hundreds of members here (me included) who have bought a great number of Breitling watches with little or no problems at all. Personally I have owned somewhere between ten and twenty Breitlings over the years, and with the exception of a couple of simple regulations, I've had no issues at all.
From a personal standpoint, my experience with IWC has been absolutely disgraceful - to me they are by far and away the worst luxury brand I've personally come across..... and yet there are many members here who say they're brilliant. It's human nature to base your opinions on your own experience - we all do it.... it's just the way it is.
So once again, I'm really sorry you had a bad time with Breitling, but on balance in the cold light of day, they're really no better or worse than any other brand of comparable price and standing : it all just comes down to personal experience, and unfortunately with all brands there's always a few customers who have poor service. Glad the Rolex and Panerai are working out for you.
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) It's really unfortunate that you've had these experiences with the brand, but I've read similar posts on other forums about other brands. I only own dive watches from Breitling, Omega and Rolex, and in my own experiences, they've all been excellent in terms of CS and quality of product. I had one issue a few years back with a Planet Ocean that stopped, and this was put right by the excellent AD who replaced the watch immediately. Anyway, glad you're happy with your current pieces.