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| Author: | ktcg [ Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | vintage 1947 breitling watch |
hey yall, this is my first post. many thanks ahead of time pretty positive this is a real breitling. serial dates it to 1947. of course, the seller's drunk friend dropped it and cracked the crystal literally minutes before i bought it. i've looked at a lot of pics and couldn't find an exact match. a lot of close ones. but none that have the vertical dials and the squares for the odd numbers. so is it real? are #'s matching or a franken? how much for a new crystal? thanks!   
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
strange piece, very strange. can we have a pic of the outside caseback, please. |
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| Author: | Dracha [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
BOW as well all seems to fit , just a strange combination of markings |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
yep, so it has to carry ref. no, and serial. might be the earliest. B corp. piece we see, as it was established in '47 OP, many such Breitling w/ subdials at 12 and 6, Venus 170; this seems a ref. 171, the smallest of them, but that should be marked on the caseback |
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| Author: | ktcg [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
whoops, i thought i posted the back case pic. it says 181 
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
yep, correct, 181 isn't in Richter and similar to the 171, very, very small at 32mm iirc ? and I did see a similar marking before and just forgot: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=55448 |
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| Author: | ktcg [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
nice looking watch on that other thread and yep, about 32-33mm so looks like all that should be there is and its correct? |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
basically yes, though I have some doubts the hands started life in this watch, you'll note the hands on that other 181 are quite different and the hands are shaped like typical 1950s hands, but we have not seen enough of these to say anything definite. would not be a huge issue thought. |
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| Author: | rick [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
Very nice and great catch. It problaly needs service and the crystal can be replaced very reasonably at that time. Welcome to Breitling Source! |
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| Author: | ktcg [ Thu May 21, 2015 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: vintage 1947 breitling watch |
thanks for all the help here!! ticking and looking good now! 
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