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nice watch, but is it authentic ?
not that I would spend the US$ 70k on it, but according to Richter the ref. 799 is 3-register with a small date ring ?????

Page 40 Richters book.

Although I would like a better shot of the bridge engraving, angle makes it look weird. The paperwork obviously helps this one, but the price is sheer lunacy. I notice that it's another example of the dial having both Fab. Suisse and Swiss Made.

sometimes (most,, actually) I have no time to go through Richter to verify things, but only have a look at the lists at the end, there "799" is defined as "3-register with a small date ring", is Mr. Richter confused or am I ?

There are many errors in the Richter list. In the case of 799 there are three registers and three registers with moonphase.

would this not be a great project for this forum ?
an easy to read Ref list for vintage pieces would be a great resource, I would gladly participate with a basic list the experts could comment and correct ?

and, looking at page 40, should the Datora above not have the code 800 ?

Gold "Master Mark" is (if I see correctly) '103'

the "103" was used by :

Baumann Benguerel & Co. 21.7.1934
Jaquet & Etevenard 1957
A. Jaquet 1972
Pro-Boîtes SA 1977 to 7.2.1995 (bankrupt)

As far as I am aware not a casemaker that was used by Breitling ? , or am I just completely mistaken and was 103 used by Breitling and I just havent seen any (without doubt authentic) Breitling watches yet with this Master Mark ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

I am with Roff on the bridge engraving - its been done recently and not by Breitling. This is a Breitling Dawhora! Beyond LOL on the price!

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S. Craig Bergsma

The price has gone up euro 10,000 since the last time we talked about this watch when it was at eBay in December.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8FDpQ%253D

A search of "799" turns up our other discussions of these watches, each marked differently. I still think a watch with a case dated 1947 should look like the 799 in the 1946 catalog. In other words, no moonphase.

There are enough of these with a wide variation of cases and movements and markings that I wonder what's going on here. Moonphase mania?

More moonphases around than rattys and if you want to produce a high price, not particularly well documented vintage Breitling those are your options.

just to add to this, a friend fom Buenos Aires told me that this seller/buyer is quite well known in BA, Lima and Montevideo .....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BREITLING-799-D ... 6931895853

the "Dawhora" (copyright chronodeco) is back at a discount of 75%.
no pic of the questionable 103 Master mark this time and, surprise, no bridge engraving.