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| Author: | sunkiz [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | need expert help with validating a blackbird. |
Hello I recently acquired this watch on eBay. I took it to an AD. But the staff there seem uneducated. So I need some expert help. We opened the case back. It's an older prong type caseback. We verified the winding mech indeed a uni directional type which match a breitling cal 13. But the printing on the rotor look cheap. And the luminescent markers and hands no longer glow. The watch came with a warranty card that's blank. And only came with a black zipper cloth case with breitling stitching. I AM attaching some pics. Please help me validate it's authenticity. Thx a million. Oh and the watch only came with a diver band. Http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/ ... lvr2oi.jpg Http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/ ... sffamm.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/ ... zyv0za.jpg |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: need expert help with validating a blackbird. |
It's real, but the bracelet on it in the one photo is not a Breitling one. |
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| Author: | sunkiz [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: need expert help with validating a blackbird. |
Thanks, yes, the seller disclosed the replacement bracelet is an aftermarket.. Now I can sleep. |
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| Author: | ade113 [ Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: need expert help with validating a blackbird. |
Yuk, that looks like a Rolex Jubilee bracelet. The proper bracelet for this watch, then Breitling Pilot, is infinitely better than the Rolex bracelets of that era. |
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| Author: | sunkiz [ Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: need expert help with validating a blackbird. |
Yes, I did replaced it with a rubber diver. I also own the B2 next to it, and the bracelete on that watch weighted the piece quite a bit. I don't want the same with the blackbird, thats why I swap it with a Breitling Diver band. Getting a Deployment Buckle and Croc. Band soon. |
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