Hi there,
Wanted to share my recent experience which was rather unnerving. Spotted a jet team Chronomat 44 at a boutique couple of weeks back. It's in black steel, on a diver pro III strap with folding clasp and supposed to be a limited - cum - boutique edition.
First time it was all wrapped in plastic and brand new on display. I made up my mind after a while, asked them to hold it, went in to pick it up. Heard of so many B01 issues in general. I was 100% sure they would have ironed out the issues with their in house movements. Moreover, it's a limited edition watch which they are bragging about gifting one to each of those rich enthusiasts with a customised Bentley to match with the pilots. It should be THE PERFECT PIECE
i thought! Anyways, was checking the navitimer 01 46mm, the montbrillant 01, the Chronomat Raven in orange which is again a limited edition. Meanhwile they removed the plastic on the jet team watch, sort of getting it ready for the sale. I started the chronograph on it, stopped, reset it, looked around it for damages just in case. Started the chronograph again. After a few minutes of talking, I picked it up to stop the chrono and wallah!
The top pusher piece went numb, sort of lost the clicking mechanism and wouldn't stop the chrono. The boutique personnel didn't even know what I was pointing at. LOLI was just devastated looking at it, happen right in front of me. Even though it was a first time experience, I was taken aback enough to be a mile away from any In house movements for now or at least a little time to come. They tried everything that a normal person would but obviously the watch was faulty. There was nothing to be done....
As usual, they said they'll raise the issue and return the watch to the brand ASAP. They promised to source another one at the earliest but the following day I emailed and admitted that I've lost confidence in it and lacked guts to spend big bucks only to test the watch for them
I went in for a chronoliner instead which was also on my mind since its launch at Basel 2015. Was a close call but saved at the end. It's so relieving to have the good old Valjoux movement. It's perfect!!
pEaCe
good one....
patience tester again. But please put up an update after u get it. It's good information for others like me when I was initially scouring the forums for B50 issues.
