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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:42 pm 
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Greetings Everyone. I just got my first Breitling - as a gift. I've been mostly an Omega person for years, dismissing Breitlings as much too large for my taste. But this one is just the right size. I actually like it more, now that I've had it for a couple of days. I especially like the dark green (rubber?) bezel. Out in the sun it looks great with the black dial and rubber strap - kindof military looking. Now i'm cruising the boards trying to learn more about it. It has a special edition number, but I found a list here of all the special edition watches and its not on it. And, there are a lot of special editions too, maybe too many, and they don't look much different from the non-special editions.

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If I were to get another Breitling, is there one model that is a "must have", sort of like what the Speedmaster is to Omega fans?
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Welcome to BreitlingSource. Iconic Breitling models would probably be Navitimer or Chronomat.
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Congrats and welcome to BreitlingSource! Nice looking GMT, can actually get three timezones on that one. Enjoy.

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Red & green look good on this one. Welcome.
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If I were to get another Breitling, is there one model that is a "must have", sort of like what the Speedmaster is to Omega fans?
I would say the definitive Breitling model is the Navitimer.

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Sharp looking watch. I'm not a fan of a lot of the Breitling models but that combo you have there is great looking. Really dig it.

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Looks great! The detailing on this watch are unique from the regular SuperOcean, and the GMT is extremely useful. I actually really like the integrated rubber strap as well.

Cheers and congrats.

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Congrats on first Breitling. I like GMT watches a lot. This has a nice dial change over the regular SO. Looking on BLing site the GMT lugs/bracelet look different than typical SO. Can the strap/bracelet be changed or is it integrated? If it can be changed is there a screw of sorts into the lug (like Paneri) rather than typical springbar?
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Welcome and nice new watch there. I have not seen one of those in the metal, so I have a new excuse to stop by the AD. Though I recently sold mine (by necessity more than choice) the Breitling that brought me here is the Navitimer.

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The person giving you gifts has wonderful taste :)
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Thanks everyone, for the nice replies.
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rplace wrote:
Congrats on first Breitling. I like GMT watches a lot. This has a nice dial change over the regular SO. Looking on BLing site the GMT lugs/bracelet look different than typical SO. Can the strap/bracelet be changed or is it integrated? If it can be changed is there a screw of sorts into the lug (like Paneri) rather than typical springbar?

It can be changed, and the part number is 140S. But I dont think it has spring bars like on the clasp end. The side of the lugs has screws, so i guess you would remove the screws and the pin should come out. I haven't tried it though, so maybe someone else can confirm...
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Time2time wrote:
Looks great! The detailing on this watch are unique from the regular SuperOcean, and the GMT is extremely useful. I actually really like the integrated rubber strap as well.

Cheers and congrats.

Ross

The GMT is useful. I have it set to Ireland, Singapore, and Pacific time, as you can see in the pic. It's handy for work.
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Very stunning!

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Looks great! I would say go for a Navitimer as your next Breitling.

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