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| Author: | WatchFred [ Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | vintage fakes, week 23/11, USA |
The South American cottage industry is quite active in the USA: http://cgi.ebay.com/Superb-1963-BREITLI ... 4aabd942d3 a "Superb 1963 BREITLING Chronograph" the "Venus 178" is a Landeron, marked HXW = Helbros and another beauty: http://cgi.ebay.com/1950s-Breitling-17- ... 20ba1c52d7 a Valjoux 7733 (introduced in the late 60s) on a "1950s Breitling". |
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| Author: | vintage [ Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage fakes, week 23/11, USA |
My philosophy on these is they were originally bought in South America and when the buyers find out they're fakes they try to unload them. I've seen a lot of those fake Chinese Breitling's being resold also. |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage fakes, week 23/11, USA |
another nice one: http://cgi.ebay.com/220573208173?ru=htt ... 3D1&_rdc=1 serial no. dates it to 1945 movement from the early 70s and the dial: "exotic", as the seller says. |
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