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 Post subject: holy smokes
PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:54 pm 
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never seen one of these on ebay. how much d'ya think itll go for?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Breitling-m ... 1e60d034b5
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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It's nice to see what appears to be a genuine piece on ebay for a change. I've known the seller for the last few years and in the last year he has liquidated most of his Breitling vintage collection to finance a new house purchase. He had some very rare pieces in his collection including Copilots, Navitimers, Cosmonautes, Unitime's, Superocean's, etc.
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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Hmmmm.......

That's not too awful is it :lol:

I think I should delete this thread before too many people see it and start showing an interest :twisted: :wink:
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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Roffensian wrote:
Hmmmm.......

That's not too awful is it :lol:

I think I should delete this thread before too many people see it and start showing an interest :twisted: :wink:



too late !! :-) already set my snipe .. lets hope it goes for an affordable price .. but I doubt that

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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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Asking price is $5k.
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Asking price is $5k.



Reasonable, but I don't think that it will go that high.
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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Would this be worth more to the average collector restored or as is?
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br549 wrote:
Would this be worth more to the average collector restored or as is?



Personally I think I would like to see it cleaned up and then reassess. I suspect that it will look a lot better with a good clean and refreshing the lume, I would want to avoid anything beyond that if at all possible.

One thing that I do notice looking at it again (and again, and again) - it's very early to have the 3 minute segregations on the chrono minutes.
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He actually has a 812 GMT for sale on TZ and this piece also in the showcase...

not too shabby I might add too...

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What do people think of the double ref numbers? Personally they make me nervous.

The 786 is the three register chronomat, while the 801 is the moonphase.

Here's an 801 that was posted here a while ago. It only has the two markings, date number and 801.

http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=49035258
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What do people think of the double ref numbers? Personally they make me nervous.

The 786 is the three register chronomat, while the 801 is the moonphase.

Here's an 801 that was posted here a while ago. It only has the two markings, date number and 801.

http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=49035258



I think that the cases were stamped up with the regular model number and then had the moonphase reference added - I've seen quite a few like this so not unduly concerned. The serial number is consistent with the 786 model number so again, I'm OK with that.
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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jlee5050 wrote:
He actually has a 812 GMT for sale on TZ and this piece also in the showcase...

not too shabby I might add too...



The 812 just got cancelled on eBay without 12 hours to go which annoys me. Last time I checked bidding was just under $2k, I guess he got the price he wanted on TZ.
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Roffensian wrote:
jlee5050 wrote:
He actually has a 812 GMT for sale on TZ and this piece also in the showcase...

not too shabby I might add too...



The 812 just got cancelled on eBay without 12 hours to go which annoys me. Last time I checked bidding was just under $2k, I guess he got the price he wanted on TZ.



Yeah, I know who got him to end it early and it wasn't me. :x
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Roffensian wrote:
jlee5050 wrote:
He actually has a 812 GMT for sale on TZ and this piece also in the showcase...

not too shabby I might add too...



The 812 just got cancelled on eBay without 12 hours to go which annoys me. Last time I checked bidding was just under $2k, I guess he got the price he wanted on TZ.



Yeah, I know who got him to end it early and it wasn't me. :x



Do you know what it went for in the end Paul?
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 Post subject: Re: holy smokes
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801 auction ended.
Irritating. :x
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