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 Post subject: What is it about Japan
PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:34 pm 
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that they get so many cool special editions???



http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... sg_5558184


http://clubbreitlingisrael.co.il/image/ ... 897236.jpg

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:42 pm 
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wow that looks awesome!

i think its just something about their culture. theyre trend setting, yet traditional. the whole culture is an enigma.
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They colored the subs black and call it an LE. The Design and marketing directors at Breitling should be kicked in the nuts.

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boogiebot wrote:
wow that looks awesome!

i think its just something about their culture. theyre trend setting, yet traditional. the whole culture is an enigma.



I think it's that the Japanese distributor orders a bunch of LEs :lol:
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Roffensian wrote:
boogiebot wrote:
wow that looks awesome!

i think its just something about their culture. theyre trend setting, yet traditional. the whole culture is an enigma.



I think it's that the Japanese distributor orders a bunch of LEs :lol:


this could be very well the case as well....lol :D
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 Post subject: What is it about Japan
PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:30 pm 
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Could be!

Thing is, one of those was issued well after the new CSO came out and the other appears to be all brushed.


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Could be!

Thing is, one of those was issued well after the new CSO came out and the other appears to be all brushed.


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Japan has a lot of pull with Breitling and Breitling have been doing things for them that they wouldn't do for anyone else for years - 20+ DB LEs in the last 10 - 15 years.
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 Post subject: What is it about Japan
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That's what I meant. Seems a guy should have a contact in Japan. ;)


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The two things I've never really liked about the CSO were the contrasting subdials and the polished case. This is just about perfect for me.
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I lived in Japan 4 yrs....One thing I can tell you they are fanatics(in a nice way) about mechanical
and electronic things.
Kids use electric erasers...Men line up 20- 30 cars deep and wait hours to play golf!
Scuba diving is done by Clubs with club buses and 50 people all in the water at once.
If one has a watch...15 more buys one too.
They probably have watch clubs with meetings third thursday of the month.
Great people...The nicest on the face of the earth...Along with Canadians.

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Very nice looking ling.
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Great people...The nicest on the face of the earth...Along with Canadians.



hey thanks man. agreed us canadians are pretty cool :D
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It is my understanding the Japanese pay full-price no discounts - period!

(No discounts for any item which is considered luxurious.)

So the pull that Japan pull's is mullah - hard currency.

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enezdez wrote:
It is my understanding the Japanese pay full-price no discounts - period!

(No discounts for any item which is considered luxurious.)

So the pull that Japan pull's is mullah - hard currency.

Cheers,

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Not really.

Yes the consumers pay list price, but the price that distributors pay Breitling is fixed anyway so the absence of discount benefits the distributor, not Breitling.
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Roffensian wrote:
enezdez wrote:
It is my understanding the Japanese pay full-price no discounts - period!

(No discounts for any item which is considered luxurious.)

So the pull that Japan pull's is mullah - hard currency.

Cheers,

Enezdez



Not really.

Yes the consumers pay list price, but the price that distributors pay Breitling is fixed anyway so the absence of discount benefits the distributor, not Breitling.


Did Not Know That - Interesting! :roll:

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