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IS this a FAKE

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BREITLING-CHRON ... 1021121230

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

appears to be a correct and nice late 60s ref. 2211, would like to see caseback and movement
pics to say anything definite, of course.

I am no help on real/fake, but Fred scroll down to see all pix. I thought it looked quite nice when I saw it earlier today.

did not see these, Rich.

caseback almost too good at first glance, frankly.

very much doubt this is the original caseback, outer inscription looks nice, but very fishy in large magnification.

would like additional opinions.

Seller has pertty good...no great feedback, what gives you concern? Not saying it is original as I know next to nothing...but movement looks good. Just trying to learn here. Is it one of those things that if it seems too good to be true it is?

Fred I was questioning the irregular script on case back. It looks awfully shaky!!!!! I placed an offer then retracted it. Shame on me for not checking with you first. I retracted it before I placed the item on forum.

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

Interesting piece. Looks very nice apart from the outer caseback - even the inner caseback looks right. I wonder whether the outer caseback has been re-engraved??? very odd, but I would walk away.

Looks like another person retacted their offer.

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

Rick, the watch is authentic, assume the caseback was massively scratched and refinished, seller had the engraving "restored" - huge effort, but ......

edit, as Roff posted while I was writing - quite clearly re-engraved, would walk too.

This is how the caseback engraving should look:

Fred I checked with yhe pictures you PMD me SATURDAY and I made my decision to back out.

Thanks Rick

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

Says on the ebay site the watch has never been restored or polished. He must be blind because he has a history of selling alot of watches.

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

I guess collectivly you all don't know squat Looks like we all need to inform ourselves better.

I asked this:



and got this in return.

Just got a reply from seller when asked if back was refinished. He replyed in broken english and condesending!

No No refinished!!!!
It is an original Breitling.
Please try to in form yourself better
Just seeing the original watch

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

OK, so consensus view of some people here with no stake in the piece and who would appear to have demonstrated some small amount of knowledge vs. the word of the guy trying to flog it.

Well, caveat emptor I guess!

Sorry guess I forgot my <Sarcasm></Sarcasm> tags, thought it was pretty obvious I was joking. For the record I am not suggesting you all don't know squat thus the "wink". I also thought his reply was rather funny. Did not post it in an attempt to state it was in fact 100% original