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I would get the to especially since you already have one of the navitimers. Plus the look the to gives is timeless.

Transocean all the way, never been a fan of the Montbrillant

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Of course there is no right or wrong in this; it's all personal preference. Personally, I find the TO to be more classic looking, and cleaner. The Montbrillant dial is too busy for my tastes. Plus, I greatly prefer black dials to silver. That said, I would see if the AD would put the TO on mesh. If you think you would want the bracelet at all, it makes sense get it when you buy the watch, so you can get the discount. The discount is usually less when you buy a bracelet or strap separately, assuming you can even get a discount, so it makes sense to get the more expensive one at the time of the original purchase.

TO all the way!

TO is timeless indeed.
Some forefathers, almost 50 years old, my ref. 810s from the early 1960s:

The Transocean is a Breitling that most people love or hate there does not seem to middle ground on it ,that being said I love the design of it under stated elegant timeless and it does not scream out look at my Breitling. The Montbrilliant is also awesome but a little bit busy looking . I would go Transocean .

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What a pleasant dilemma. Making the assumption (as I have done) that the raft of 01 movement issues are due to the movement itself and not the shape of watch it's cased in, then the choice is more heart than head surely.
The TO chrono is in a family of one...unique amongst the curent Breitling line-up. Stylish, understated and beautiful with minimal effort. Personally I don't think it looks like any other watch (Carreras included) other than the 810 Top TIme...which is a major bonus in my book. The mesh bracelet is extremely comfortable, and is a great foil to other straps / bracelets in a collection.
The fact that the TO looks so right on leather / croc too, is the icing on the cake to me.
I like the Mont too, but the Legende is nicer IMHO.
Anyway, like I said up front, one of life's less onerous decisions to make.

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The Navitimer's bezel is much more interesting to me than the Trans Ocean. I don't care for the mesh strap either. The circular slide rule sparks a lot of conversations. I just couldn't see choosing the trans Ocean over the Navitimer. But then I'm more of a small detail kind of person.

Too funny pkeung!

VERY tough choice! I was faced with the same decision last week and couldn't be happier with the direction I ended up going...of course I'm now trying to figure out a way to get my hands on the Montbrilliant.

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Fred what can we say?

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The stunning pics in your posts are doing the job gentlemen!!!
I'm leaning more and more towards the TO.
As rigtly pointed out in the responses, it is classy, stylish, timeless and in a league of its own
From the way it looks it could be any watch yet it is still a Breitling


Wessa.

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Transocean, love it.

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Rob
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I'd go the TO for sure. It's got quite a formal look to it and is a departure from the norm for Breitling these days. I think every collection needs a Navitimer of some description but it sounds like you've already got that covered.

It's such a personal question. Sure the TO is timeless but the Monty is more classic. Classic Breitling.

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I'd go for the Monti, both are beautiful, elegant and timeless, but the Monti has a tad more character and I like that in a watch.

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Cheers from Switzerland,

Fred