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Need some assistance with this one guys.
The watch seems to look legit, but there are a few key things that threw me off.


1: The case seems too thick for a SOP.
2: The yellow looks too vibrant. I thought they always had a dull yellow because of the mineral glass.
3: The case is polished.
4: And lastly the reference number is A17340 which would be from a later model superocean. Not the correct A17045/A17345 that should be on a SOP.

My guess is that this is a real 99' + Superocean that had a yellow dial from a SOP transplanted. Any thoughts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Breitling-Super ... 3f263214b9

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It does look like a transplanted dial on an SO to me. His numbers are off for the size of the watch as well. Plus the bezel number font looks incorrect for an SOP. And the crown guards look wrong too. I may be wrong about these things, so hopefully someone can help corroborate or tell me I am wrong.

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Does appear to be an assembly of parts. The odd thing is that seller claims that it comes with Breitling service box, presumably from the service that is referenced which suggests that Breitling is happy with it.

To me it looks like someone put a sop dial in 17360 case with 17040 caseback.