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Hi my girlfriend wants to buy me a watch for my birthday ive always wanted a breitling but not sure what model to get.
I have a budget of around £2000 sterling. i have been looking at brand new and they are out of my price range ive also been looking at second hand ones I have seen a nicer super avenger for 2000 barley worn any advice thanks

Firstly great choice on getting a Breitling. If you go to an AD they will always haggle and you should be able to get one within your budget. I have heard great things about the forum sponsers who should be able to help you out with your purchase. AM is a UK based dealer, drop him an email.
The SA is very nice but looked a bit too big on for me, if you can pick up a Steelfish you can't go wrong there imo.

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Gareth

Two UK ADs sponsor the site, Banks Lyon and Andrew Michaels. Links to both at the top of the page. I would go and try a bunch on, even if you end up buying used you can't really decide until you've strapped some on.

Thanks guys ive been looking at a super avenger and super ocean cant seem to find a steel fish im probably going to get a used one more in my budgtet i have found to sites 1 called fitzrovia watches in london and austin kaye in london dont know if you can shed any light on any of these companies .

thanks again

wilko

Be careful of the online store based used market - usually significantly higher price than using these forums - here on BS, TimeZone, Chrono24, watchnet, watchuseek. You can post pictures on this site with questions about the ones you find there.

I did look at the fitzrovia site and prices seemed high. The one SA I saw was an older one and on the older Pro I bracelet.

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SHARKMAN

thanks sharkman the one what i saw was a 2008 model with papers ive also been on watches.co.uk where there is a super ocean im really new at this so i could do with some advice on where to go for a used one in the uk but want to be able to see the watch first not just purchase on the internet any advice guys

PS what do you think i should be paying for a used super ocean or super avenger in english pounds

thanks

wilko

As a GENERAL rule of thumb, a mint pre-owned Breitling with box and papers, perhaps still under warranty, sells for around 50% of retail. (I've seen some listed on the forums in the last week at about 10% off retail and that is a pipe dream, since 20-25% off is simple to get new from an AD.) Place a WTB post here in the buy/sell/trade section, and Timezone and watchuseek for starters. Specify UK sale only and in-person strongly preferred.

But you can alleviate unessesary stress by following the first rule of buying second hand - buy the SELLER. All the forums have Feedback sections and can be searched by user name. TZ uses the "Good Guy" section on watchnet. Get email addresses for references. Have a healthy dose of skepticism for a post within a few days of a member joining a site or as a first post. If the price seems to good to be true - run away. At least once a week I get a PM or email asking about someone I dealt with in the past.

Have a look at the feedback forum here to see the ratio of positive feedback to negative. If a buyer does what he is supposed to do, it's rare for someone to get screwed.

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SHARKMAN

+1

Words of wisdom

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Alex
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