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| Author: | snowman40 [ Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any thoughts on this 809? |
Claims to be refurbished by Breitling. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Breitling-Cos ... SwhcJWKh0Q Might just be flash photos, but the numbers look a bit off to me. Any thoughts? M. |
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| Author: | Dracha [ Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any thoughts on this 809? |
snowman40 wrote: Any thoughts? Breitling has a perfect track record to maintain , 'screwing up vintage watches' and as such it wouldnt surprise me at all if they really did this yes, its ff'ed up now .. it probably looked better when it was sent in |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any thoughts on this 809? |
sad. looks like the typical Breitling "restoration". "kill your watch for only $3k" ..... |
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| Author: | wills0_9 [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any thoughts on this 809? |
WatchFred wrote: sad. looks like the typical Breitling "restoration". "kill your watch for only $3k" ..... ...and is it true that Breitling do not return any of the original parts?! Will |
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| Author: | Dracha [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any thoughts on this 809? |
wills0_9 wrote: ...and is it true that Breitling do not return any of the original parts?! Will absolutely , they want to make sure you will never be able to restore it to original again and rather destroy it forever (as you may have noticed, I am not impressed w/ Breitling SA restorations !!) |
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| Author: | MeowChow [ Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any thoughts on this 809? |
Dracha wrote: wills0_9 wrote: ...and is it true that Breitling do not return any of the original parts?! Will absolutely , they want to make sure you will never be able to restore it to original again and rather destroy it forever (as you may have noticed, I am not impressed w/ Breitling SA restorations !!) Well the silver lining is that the unrestored Breitlings will only become more rare and valuable I suppose. (Sorry for this being my first post- I just had to pipe in!) |
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