Hi everyone, i'm Jii from Finland. Decided it's about time to finally post here after years of lurking since I'll be getting my first Breitling by the end of this month, finally!
My "Breitling-story" goes like this:
In the late nineties the coolest watch that you could have according to the people I hung around with was a Breitling, and one of the guys actually had one (an Aerospace if I remember correctly) and that's how I got to know the brand (I was more of a G-shock person back then and still have a fascination and respect for them as well but anyway) and started to get interested in nice watches.
Fast forward to somewhere around 2007 when I spotted the Chrono Avenger in the movie Blood Diamond and started to pay attention to Breitling ads in the local business magazine which I read at work - that's when I started to get that itch. Visited some Ad:s, collected Chronologs (which I'm sad to say I've misplaced while moving house), tried on different models and so on and so on. Considered the CA, the Super Avenger and the Seawolf back then but never had the chance to actually get one. Then came the steel Seawolf which absolutely knocked me over and I was dead set on getting it but once again other financial needs postponed the purchase. Got myself another,cheaper automatic and did some buying and selling until I settled for my current one, the Benarus Sea Devil that I've been wearing day in and day out since I got it.
Anyways,got myself a new job opportunity at the end of last year and finally I have the means to get myself a new watch. Did some research and tried on several different makes and models and was quite set on the new white baton dial Seawolf but the height of it hindered me from going the distance (I want a less bulky watch after wearing the Sea Devil for so long). Did some more researching and then I stumbled on the Steelfish, which I had totally forgot about during all these years, I had seen them in the flesh years ago, even tried one on but I was so set on the Avengers that I never actually considered it back then. But now, three years later it seems to tick all the boxes for me and I was lucky enough to find one with the coveted silver dial at Andrew Michaels and have paid the deposit for it and am waiting for the end of the month to finalise my purchase. I'm really excited to be so close to my dream coming true and have been reading just about everything I have found online about the watch
I guess you'll be seeing me around these parts more in the future! Thanks for reading my long and boring story!
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