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Chex
PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:18 pm 
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Hi Guys
Brand new to Breitling so please forgive ignorance, have hust been given a vintage Transocean as a gift. Would appreciate any thoughts on age/model/authenticity etc

Thanks in advance!

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They came in three versions, stainless steel, the gold top (like yours), and a 18k version. They date to around the mid 1950's. Yours appears to have the wrong Omega crown on it. Here's the one I had a couple of years ago.

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Nice looking piece (apart from the non original crown), one of the underappreciated pieces of the 50s.
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Thanks for the information guys, very useful

What would the original crown have looked like? The one embossed with the Breitling 'B'?
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Chex wrote:
Thanks for the information guys, very useful

What would the original crown have looked like? The one embossed with the Breitling 'B'?


Yes it would have had the Breitling B crown originally but not unusual to have a plain replacement crown since they do wear out.
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