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Hi everybody,
i found this watch in France 2 years ago. Bracelet its fake, but watch is real?
number is: B13689

Thx for help

pretty sure a fake. The model # - B13689 - is used on many fakes. The configuration of the subdials is wrong for a caliber 13.

I have many more negative comments but will refrain as I would look particularly silly if this turns out to be some off-model I've never seen.

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SHARKMAN

You are quite safe in your assessment, Tom, I think.

definitely not a Cal. 13 and definitely not a "Navitimer", as the dial says,
Breitling called the strangest watches "Navitimer" in the early days of
the new Breitling, but a Chronomat ?

looks like a cheap Quartz fake, but I too have been wrong with pieces
from that period ....

Fake. As said, the subdial layout is incorrect for a ref x13xxx model.

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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

I believe it's real, early 80s quartz (note the caseback).
At that time 7750 wasn't B13 yet.
Might be wrong, but gut feeling says real.

I think that it's real too - it's too accurately built for a fake this early - rider tabs, caseback, etc. Can't say that I have ever seen one before, but think that it's correct.

I haven't seen bnewbie wrong yet (or at least that I can remember)

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End of Discussion.

going against the grain here I'd say fake

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I think its a fake Chrono Sextant? The bezel is poor quality - looks like its been cast/forged rather than machined. If real, the caseback differs from the rest of the watch. Breitling didn't start using ref numbers in that format until circa 1990. Given the Wings logo and Navitimer naming it would have been produced in a small window between 1984 and 1986.

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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

So many differences in opinion - would a picture under the back help?

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End of Discussion.

It's not in the 85 catalogue. Logic says fake for all of the reasons that you have stated, but it's unlike anything fake of this era, very odd. The model number has been used on a number of different fakes, but never seen one like this.

I've seen just one bad fake with that ref# and believe that it was used from this genuine watch.
Still think it's real.

Got nowhere researching this.

Could it be a unique factory prototype/development piece for the Chrono Sirius?

For info, hand set looks to be from a Chrono Shark Quartz.

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I think it's even earlier model.

Hmmmm, something of a novelty this one. I'm on the fence as there are argumets either way.....

Almost worth buying it to find out. (Almost! )

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