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does this make sense ? any way to find a replacement bezel ?
thanks, WatchFred

Can't read the German, but parts are tricky to come by, but not impossible.

Would like a better shot of the movement as well.

nothing relevant in the german text, only a reference ro the watch beeing waterproof up to 300m, somezhing I definitel would not want to try ? do you have an idea what peice range a bezel would be in, considering you had time and patience to wait ? thanks, WatchFred

I looked for a bezel for my ref 2005 for two years and never found one. At least I had a bezel but it wasn't great.

A lot, for the reason that Paul stated. Anyone who has one knows that they can pretty much name their price.

sounds like what Craig woul call "iffy", a friendly way of: keep your hands off ?

I have seen these fitted with Black AVI/Co-pilot bezels and with the Co-Pilot yachting bezel , which makes sense *IF* you have a Black AVI/Co-pilot/Yachting bezel laying around

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

now I can tell I bought the watch , it should be on its way

I waited for a few days posting I was the buyer as I needed the confirmation from a collector in the UK he had an almost NOS Bezel for a 2005 that he was willing to part with he was and a bezel is also on its way . But even without the bezel I think its a great looking and wearable watch and I would have bought it anyway , probably worn it also and kept en eye open for a bezel, or if I couldnt find one after a few years, perhaps put a 765 AVI bezel on it

Anyway , the watch will have an original 2005 SuperOcean bezel soon and I will post pics when it gets here

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

Congrats - I agree that these look good without the bezel, but with the bezel is even better!

Congrats from me, too ! And good that I did not have a 765 "worst case bezel" lying around, so i decided to leave it alone, otherwise it would have been a bitter (and potentially expensive) fight !
Great buy if you really get that original bezel at an affordable price, enjoy !
WatchFred

affordable is relative ask any watch collector

As stated before , a seller that has one can basically ask whatever he wants , In my experience functional (movement) parts are readily available. Cosmetic parts (dials , bezels, hands , slide rule rings etc) are scarce and getting scarcer. People that have those will not part with them as everyone hopes to find watches that need these parts to complete them or to replace damaged parts.

I dont know how politically correct it is to discuss prices but (as everyone can see in the auction) I paid 1160 euro for the watch (USD $1600) and for the bezel I will have to pay GBP 160 (USD $260) for a total which is still considerably less than buying a new modern SuperOcean and also way below current auction prices and chrono24 asking prices for these SuperOceans. So I am quite pleased with myself

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

That bezel price is a steal, nice pick up.

Great price for the bezel, and the combo price is hard (impossible) to beat. Great buy, congrats again !

Here's the bezel I just received
not quite new but in a great condition for a 40+ year old spare !
cant wait for the "bezelless" watch to arrive

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard