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Hi. In your opinion please, do you think this Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant A41330.2 is genuine or a replica?







I also got given this card with it too. I think it is for a service it had but I'm not certain.



Thank you.

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Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant Speciale

Looks like that's a certificate that confirms that all of the various functions are working correctly - presumably as part of a post service inspection.

Thank you



This is also what I was told by the previous owner. The previous owner said it had a full service a few weeks ago.

I got it looked at in two AD's after I bought it and they both passed it as genuine

Then a lady from one of the AD's offered to get in touch with Breitling themselves to check the model and serial number with them.
She got back to me a few days later and said that Breitling did not recognise the model number and did not have the serial number in their database and she recommended that I returned the watch to the previous owner in an exchange for my money back (£1400).

I felt that this info was strange as I've seen this model number before on the same watch elsewhere.
Also, if the watch did just have a full service wouldn't the serial number be now added into their system?

I don't fully trust her judgment because she also said she didn't recognise the back of the watch and I myself have seen the same back on many Montbrillants of this age (online).

I must also add that I currently have a £100 deposit held on a new £4.5k Navitimer in the same store that this lady works at and they are waiting for a decision from me to buy the new watch.

They wouldn't lie to me would they to get me to buy the new one maybe...?

I thought I had become very good at spotting replicas and would be very shocked if this is indeed a fake as it looks and feels very real and high quality. Everytime I wear the watch out I get compliments on it too so others are also recognising the quality without me pointing out the price.

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Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant Speciale

It's real, no idea what the lady's agenda / confusion was.

Yes it is 100% real and looks nice. Trust us, Roff and I know our stuff.

However its the older Monty, a A30030, not a A41330.
The only issue is it appears to have a 4 digit serial no.? which is odd, unless its a limited edition no.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

Post 1978 serial numbers can be anything up to 7 digits, they aren't sequential do 4 digits is fine - I've seen plenty.

Yeap, just checked the s/n on a couple of my Lings and they are both 5 digit. I guess the serial number are only unique in the ref no.

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Breitling (Navitimer A23322, Aerospace, Chronomat Blackbird, Chronomat A13352 +UTC)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

Thank you guys for your help.

I was pretty sure it was genuine too but it's good to hear it from you pro's also

P.S. Sorry about the typo in the model number. I was looking at these too and rushed the thread posting.

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Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant Speciale

I've never seen a replica slide rule line up perfectly!

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perfectly real, as all have said. and very nice, too.
whatever the hidden agenda of that saleslady is, you got a beautiful watch at a very good price, so instead of thinking about returning this watch you might think about whether to trust this AD ?