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Hi guys,

I hope you can help me with this one.. I bought it secondhand for my father in law. asking price was 1750 eur.
So in my opinion, this is a very good deal for a new Steelfish... I just hope it isn't fake!

Kind regards and many thanks for the comments!

John

It's real.

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Hi Roff and Preimel,

I really appreciate your comments!!
I was hoping you would tell me that it's real, because i'm not sure at all!!
I would like to explain several facts.
In june I bought myself a Steelfish from early 2010 from a Greek store. I bought it via internet, I paid and 5 days later i received my Steelfish including all papers offcourse. I had a great time here on the forum in search of what's real and what's not. So i'm really assured that mine is the real one..
So my father in law also wanted exact the same Steelfish (white dial and steel bracelet), so i looked again after a good deal and as my deal with the greek shop was very ok, i trusted the shop and after a while they had a new Steelfish, exact the same one as I have! So I jumped on it, offcourse I checked all details, even all papers are there etc.. so we made the money transfer and 5 days later, my father also had his Steelfish..
And now it comes..
The Greek shop said the Steelfish is from september 2011 (so 1 month old), but it came in an old green box for a Breitling for Bentley, even the bakelite box was for a Bentley.. That rang a bell with me.. so i decided to really take a better look. I saw the bracelet was from 2007 and I can hardly imagine that a new watch comes with a bracelet from 4 years ago...
Also, the font is not as 'visible' or as 'sharp' as it is on my Steelfish (please have a look at the '55' and also on the '16')
Also, the colour of the dial is a litle bit 'whiter', a little bit more 'silver-colour' than mine is and the luminescent parts are not as bright as mine when looking at it in a darker room..
Also the engraving (the circles in the dial) are in my opinion to obvious, it's easier to see the circles on this one than it is on mine..
So, in my opinion I think that it is a fake one but on a real bracelet..
I contacted the Greek store again, telling about the wrong box and they said they made a mistake, the posted the new box to me and 5 days later, the new box came in, it is really new and it is the same box as I have (with the little planes on).. so that seems to be ok now..
I don't know what to think about the little 'differents' between mine and that from my father. Below you can find some pictures of my Steelfish (for wich I'm really sure that this is a real fish) Please may I ask you again to have a close look between the 2 watches? I hope you can still say that they are all real.
The only thing that could explain the little differences is the fact that there is 1.5 years between mine and that from my father and that Breitling made some minuscule adjustments on the new ones?! (only, I never heard of making little adjustments by Breitling for a steelfish in the last 2 years) I also checked my Steelfish with Breitling and they could confirm that my watch was delivered by Breitling on 13/01/2010 (exactly what the Greek store told me..)

Many thanks!!!
John

Every picture in this thread is of a real Steelfish.

So it is possible that there are minor differences between the colours of the 2 dials? Could it be that the white colourdials can change in colour as years go by?

Many thanks Roff!

kind regards,
John

I didnt notice any difference in the bracelets... both are brushed Pro II bracelets... Unless i missed something?

All pictures look authentic to me.

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Hi Preimel,

The bracelets are authentic, to me too, but it's the dial that worries me, especially the 'circles' in the dial (don't know how to explain).
they are too 'easy' to see, it should have to be more subtile to me and also the colour. On the 3 most above pictures (IMO the fake one), you can see that the colour is more silver and on the 3 next pictures, you can see that the dial is more yellow + the font of the numbers that 'stand up - see numbers 40,50,55.. - seems to be not as bold as it is on the 3 last pictures..
I really would like to take a picture with the 2 watches but i don't like to tell my father in law that his watch could be a fake one.
so it's a bit difficult to take other pictures of his watch.. I really wouldn't like my father to be dissapointed..

kIND regards and many thanks once again!
John

All looks fine to me. Without the watches sided by side in the same photo, I couldn't comment on the dial colour. Differences are usually down to colour balance in photos.

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I don't see any difference at all. And though your father's was "from September 2011" it wasn't made then - they stopped making them in 2010, so that may be when the Greek shop received it. The date of manufacture code is between the 6:00 lugs and you have to remove the bracelet to see it. And it is entirely possible an earlier manufactured bracelet went on a later manufactured watch head. It's not like Breitling make all the components at the same time or on the same line.

Both watches are real. My last white dial Fish had slightly less intense lume than my Black dial when compared side by side. There will be slight variations as the lume is hand filled.

But the date fonts, tail of the "S" in Superocean, dial markings, etc... are correct in both sets of pictures.

Real - now kick back and relax.

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Hi Sharkman,

Many thanks for your reply, it is much appreciated!
It's great news for me anyway, i'm glad that they are both real!!

John