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But Roff , surely Mr Heist would have mounted it correctly if he could or even fitted new feet on the dial ?
For me the Heist visit is what makes this misalignment of the bezel so hard to explain ?

Ripped Off?? Man take it down a notch. So now anyting on another site is bogus. I considered you well respected in the confines of this forum site. Not anymore.

Did I miss where you credited Jean-Michel, I just read that it was one that you "found".

I don't recall suggesting that Jean-Michel's site was bogus - on the contrary. Becoming less and less convinced about some others though..........

+1 !

sources to substantiate these claims would definately be a tremendous help in Breitling community as a whole and will expand my knowledge in particular and your name will forever be remembered and carved in stone Fudda !

amazing rotating bezel defect

Credits? Quoting correctly without permission? I am just a man with a watch. How about some respect on this side for showing everyone the manufacturing defect that apparently no one had seen before or confirmed before? Man...you amaze me. Now your just getting us sidetracked over the piddly _hit - stuff, sorry.

It is very apparent that Fudda has fallen into the avaricious hole of just making stuff up as part of a sale pitch. That is consistent with his abuse of our collegiality in his original eBay posting and his overall web-assault. He's no wolf in sheep's clothing. He's more of a wolf in dingo's clothing.

As to the image you posted, Rene, I note that the dial excludes the "Geneve" below "Breitling." That strikes me odd, as I would expect all models of AVI to have the post-move dial. I'm trying to think of an example of a Navitimer dial showing the "B Breitling" without the "Geneve." I'm wondering if that's consistent with my hunch that the bezel is perfectly aligned, but that the dial has been replaced unevenly. In other words, isn't it the case that the misaligned bezels correspond to observed irregularities in the dial, too?

[You're right, Roff. That's a fudda post. Sorry, Rene.]

Again Bill, see these Two(2) watches?? Anything look familiar...

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Yeah, you're right Fred.

This whole thing is getting ridiculously silly and apparently now Fudda has to spam post in the thread as well. I'm very tempted to lock the thread as there is clearly going to be very little real facts coming out - just stongly voiced opinions with the logic that if you say it often enough and loud enough it becomes fact.

I'll leave it open for now but will keep a close eye on it, in the meantime expect no more posts from me.

Hey Bill what's up? I guess you are as well informed as the rest of us (mainly myself) but don't you remember stating that until 1955 all US Breitling's were stamped 'BOW'? Maybe you would like to refresh your memory by reading your post#10 http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=22291
OK, now take a look at your post on this forum on page 3 I believe - in which you state that the code was changed from 'BOW' to WOG' in 1957?? I was trying to avoid embarassing you, I read this during my research this year and I held on to it, agreeing with you but I guess you are as fallible as I am. Keep cool dingo - just fightin' fire with fire.

I would definately NOT buy the one you own Fudda, and the reasons for that I have stated many times already
the main reason is that in 1953 Breitling produced the AVI with the digital 15 minute counter not with the rotating counter , your watch has had the dial replaced and possibly the movement as its not gilded , so probably a movement from a Breitling other than the AVI / Navitimer range from that era was used as those AVI / NAVI movements were all gilded (the ones I have seen at least)

I will post pics inside and out from a AVI that is close in serial number range later today