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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:48 am 
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Hi All,

I'm a newbie to Breitling and my first question is how can I tell if the Breitling I inherited is genuine? My father in law passed away suddenly last year and at Christmas I was given his Breitling for Bentley watch. Now I know he liked his watched as he had several, but all at a few hundred pounds maybe 1k tops. Now obviously this watch looks to RRP between 6-8k so it's potentially of massive value. In all honestly I not bothered too much if its not genuine as it's his and the sentimental value is more to me, however if it's genuine I need to get some insurance pretty dam quick.

All opinions welcome, I'm in Bristol UK so if anyone knows a local watch guy who maybe able to confirm or deny that would be great.

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post a pic & we'll tell you.
sadly these stories tend to end w/ disappointments, but you never know.



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WatchFred, will take some tonight and upload in the morning TIA.


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WatchFred here's here's some photos


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as feared, watch is fake.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:11 pm 
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What are the tell tell signs?


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everything. case, sliderule, dial, functions, sunken date.
low grade fake, takes about 0.5 seconds to tell for anyone who has seen an authentic Breitling Bentley GT this watch tries to impersonate.


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No worries, thanks for taking the time to have a look it's much appreciated.


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Here you go Hammy79. Here's a genuine GT -

https://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_d ... ey_43.html

As Fred says, many tells as to why your one is a fake, but for a very easy one just compare the marking on the subdials.

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add to all of the above the model number on the back is for motors not a GT, yet the dial is mean to be a GT



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