The Breitling Watch Source Forums

Just picked this up. Looks good to me and don't think they make a good fake abyss.

One thing I noticed was the caseback isn't completely screwed down so need to get that sorted.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

Sorry.. Pictures from my phone have come out awfully. Will upload some more when I get home.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

looks ok to me and I haven't seen a fake Abyss, but imagine they are in the works.

_________________
SHARKMAN

There are fakes of this model, the lume dots tend to be poorly applied

_________________
Breitling (Navitimer A23322, Aerospace, Chronomat Blackbird, Chronomat A13352 +UTC)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

Cheers SM. Two better pictures....



And one of the previously mentioned gap.. although could this be a gasket?


Cheers!

EDIT: two more..

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

Watch is real, haven't studied casebacks of these enough to comment on that.

Roff, as always, your input is much appreciated. Thanks guys!

I'll take it to an AD to double check the caseback but I'm sure it is fine, the guy I got it off was very nice and genuine but I always like to double check any purchases I make here with the experts.

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

I'm tending towards fake. A few of the lume dots are blobby. The cross of the 4 on bezel looks too fat and the corners of the hour numerals don't look sharp enough.

_________________
Breitling (Navitimer A23322, Aerospace, Chronomat Blackbird, Chronomat A13352 +UTC)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

Interesting... another..


I'll go take some macro shots now if you're still unsure... All the 2,3,4,5 etc... small lume dots arn't flat, they are raised. As there are no fakes documented I have no idea what to compare it against.

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

Yes the radius of the corners on the dial numerals definitely looks too big in that shot. The same applies to the numbers on the bezel .

_________________
Breitling (Navitimer A23322, Aerospace, Chronomat Blackbird, Chronomat A13352 +UTC)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

I dunno.

That caseback looks pretty darn sharp for a fake.

two more shots with macro lens... without daylight its difficult to get them perfect...

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..

can you give use a macro image in natural light, both straight on the dial and at a severe angle to show the dial numbers - particularly the 4 and how raised it it?

These pics suffer from poor lighting plus enlarging them messes up any accurate detail. The caseback is good and I don't believe it isn't fully screwed in. The bezel numbers look good. Date window and date font are good. Hard to tell with these images if the hour lume dots are poorly applied or it is just the lighting. The 4 on the dial does create a bit of concern, but again it could just be the pics.

_________________
SHARKMAN

What's the serial number? The fakes I've seen use the number range 1342xxx

_________________
Breitling (Navitimer A23322, Aerospace, Chronomat Blackbird, Chronomat A13352 +UTC)
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran Sport, Zenith Elite 670
Marathon (SAR, JSAR), Ollech & Wajs Cobra

I'll try get some more pictures now... 1 interesting thing is that the weight is 104 - 105 grams... on BS it says 99.7 so 4 grams off... although not sure if BS is definitely correct. my SA weighs in at 154 so scales are good.

_________________
Breitling
Omega
more..