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Hey guys,

New to Breitlings and this forum. I recently purchased an Aerospace F65362 from a local Pawn shop. It came with box, but no papers or COSC cert. I want to send it in to BUK for a service and battery replacement, however I have been told by a friend who owns a number of Breitlings that I would be foolish to do this, as Pawn shops are notorious for buying stolen goods and if it was stolen Breitling would confiscate it. He also says that even if it's not stolen BUK may refuse to service the watch if it has had a battery replacement done by anyone other than BUK, as they won't work on a watch if anyone else has had the back open. (Apparently they would know this by the make of battery installed)

Is what he says true? Also Assuming everything is OK and Breitling do service the watch, would they be able to supply replacement papers, COSC cert and a manual?

Any advice would be appreciated!
Andy

Countries may differ but Breitling Australia happily serviced an aerospace of mine that had a battery installed by my local guy. Your mate might be confusing battery changes with more significant work. Breitling would probably refuse to work on an automatic watch that had had generic parts installed.


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Sorry to strike a pious note but if I thought there was any chance it was stolen I wouldn't want it on my wrist. It might have been a wedding present for someone. I'd send it to BUK for peace of mind in that regard as well as the others. (And would you not have redress against the pawn shop if it was proved to be stolen?)

Two separate issues.....

Battery change isn't an issue. Worst case the watch didn't get serviced when it should have and that will now cost more to fix.

As for buying a stolen watch, well TomP made one element of that argument very well. I haven't lived in the UK for a long time, but unless things have changed pawn shops get lists of reported stolen goods from the police all the time and are required to check that list when receiving goods. There always used to be frequent police inspections as well.