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Hi there,

I am absolutely delighted to have found this forum! Looking forward to sharing this pleasure with you all.

My love for Breitling started about 7-8 years ago when I just happen to browse their site and see the titanium Avenger. It was love at first sight and a few months later I got mine from a South African dealer in Cape Town. Such was the start of my inseparable love affair with my Chrono Avenger!

I live in Namibia and my profession as an underground mining contractor physically expose my watch constantly to many possible damages. I can profess though that the CA is more than man enough for a tough job! But, it was not all easy going. I dropped it once onto a tiled bathroom floor and that was the beginning of several repair attempts. But more about that later perhaps.

Then a few years ago, I saw the Super Avenger and I was hooked! Only thing that really put me off getting one was the polished steel design. I have tried many times to like it but I just cannot get to grips with such a shiny piece! Of course it is different horses for different courses. Then sadly I slipped up on the Black Steel model. In fact, I only found out about their existence in the last year or so! That started me on a guest to find one of them 3000 units! Easier said than done living in Namibia. After so many months of searching and enquiries all around, I found nothing but a possible few pre-owned ones in the USA. I endured a lot of ridicule through my persistence to try and buy one of them from its American owner who bluntly refused to sell it outside of the States. So eventually I settled on a black Seawolf after bemoaning my lost (of a SA) to the patient sales manager of Breitling SA.

Then everything changed today. I received a friendly call from the same sales manager at Breitling SA this afternoon to ask me if I really wanted the Seawolf and not perhaps a SA BS! I curted the woman for making fun of my predicament only to be told that she managed to find me a brand spanking new Super Avenber Black Steel somewhere in a dusty storeroom in Europe! She took pity on me after my tearful last call and made it her mission to try and find me one! I sincerely hope she has a huge office to accommodate the bunch of flowers she's going to get!

Man, I am just not in command enough of the English language to try and explain to you my absolute and utter disbelief and exhilaration about this news! Well, after that emotional outbreak, I will now go sit in the corner again and wait for my new watch!

Regards
David

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Welcome to BreitlingSource - fairly confident in saying that you are our first Namibian member.

Great story, with a great ending - congrats.

Welcome aboard!

Cheers

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Currently:
Avenger Skyland(Black)
Super Avenger(White)

Moved on:
Montbrillant Legende(Silver)
Panerai 312
SOHC 125th Ann. LE(Silver)
Navitimer World(Pearl)
Panerai 441

Enjoy your time here!

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It's great to have you here.

Great story...I'm glad you were able to get the watch you really wanted. You never want to "settle" for a watch when you are paying this kind of money.

Oh yeah... .

Welcome to the site, so what are you digging for in Namibia? I have visited most countries in the world with sea ports but so far Namibia and Walvis Bay has eluded me.

Looking forward to seeing pictures of the SA BS.

Ian

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Navitimer World, Callistino.
Omega Speedmaster Moon, Hamilton 992B, Steinhart BS LEII #2, B&R 01-92 Heritage

Thanks for all the wishes folks!

Ian,

We are currently mining copper near Windhoek. An old mine where we do pillar-retrieving. Hairy business but somebody has to do it!
Essentially we are 'extracting' the pillars which support the 'roof' of the mine. These pillars where left behind when the ore was taken out during many years of mining. While we develop new tunnels towards a fresh ore body, we retrieve the ore from these old pillars. Part of the operation is to fill the voids between the pillars before we drill, blast and excavate them....

I hope to have the new SABS before Christmas!

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Greetings from Singapore. I am new also.