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Dear gentlemen,

One more time, I need your advices
I just find a beautiful gold plated navitimer from 1959 (sn 920xxx).
The watch is moved with a venus 178.
Question is : is it possible to have a 2nd generation dial (aopa blackbird, no white subdials) with such a sn ?
The dial is just perfect and everything seems to be in accordance (hands are gold and so on).

Last but not least, is a gold plated navi really less desirable than a steel one ?

Thx for your help,

Alex

I would like to see a picture before I attempt to answer any of the questions

thanks
-Rene

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

no pic

it's the one with the aopa logo and nothing else ... exactly the same used for the 2nd generation 806

sorry, without pics I cant help you

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

I found exactly the same watch looking for a pic on the web, so I think I got my answer
same dial, same bezel, same mouvment and so on ...

Here's the link :
http://shop.classic-watch-forum.de/arti ... uhrid=1095

Does it really worth 7700 euros ???

an asking price has very little to do with the value of a watch
that watch has been for sale for a long time, ask yourself why

If a price is low it will sell immediately , if its too high it will never sell

this one has an asking price of 1/3 rd of the german one and doesnt seem to attract much attention either so even that price might be too high
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/BREITLING-NAVITI ... 336f2e08d1

but without seeing the actual watch were discussing its impossible to comment on it based on a vague description and pictures of other watches .
Value (perceived or real) is based on the actual condition and the actual state , was it redone, relumed, repolished etc etc etc does it have the correct movement from the correct era etc

in this thread there's a watch that looks OK at first glance, but on closer inspection there's (IMO) a few things incorrect which will affect value immediately

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35569

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

To this query, yes, strange but true, the vintage steel models are more in demand currently and not just with Breitling but with other brands like Rolex too, where the gold vintages are not much in demand. It's got nothing to do with rarity I guess but just the fact that gold is out of fashion as a men's fashion accessory but it may very well change in the future if tastes change!

No one's trying to be difficult, just seen way too many eBay listings with comments like 'experts on BreitlingSource say.......'