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I've been on the boards for a long time and I've read many thousands of posts. It seems to me that over the years I have seen very few threads talking about the AR coating rubbing off on Breitling watches. I have seen lots when it comes to Tag, Omega and many other brands. I used to own a Tag and a Sinn that had rub marks on the crystal but never on one of my Breitlings. So does Breitling do a better job on their AR coating or am I just missing the threads where people have been complaining? I thought if anyone would know, it would be you guys.

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Don

I've had many watches with AR coatings, and never had issues with any when it comes to general wear & tear. I find that the AR properties on Omega, TAG are just as good as Breitling.

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Oyster Date '78, Blackbird chrono DLC '10, Blackbird chrono' 02, Navitimer Fighters '02, Aerospace Evo , Seamaster Chrono Diver 300' 02, Carrera cbm2110

Breitling's AR is very good IMO, but to say it's better or worse than others is fairly subjective. What I can say is that none of my watches with external AR have ever suffered any scratches at all..... but then I am fairly careful with my watches. I wear them daily but never do things like DIY with them on.

Breitling's AR has more of a blue tinge to it than some I've seen, but it is very good : I remember thinking my first SF didn't have any crystal in it when I picked it up! Most AR's have some kind of tinge to them - Lum-Tec's is very purple at certain angles, although I've always found Panerai's to be pretty colourless. I have also found some show water-marks and smudges more than others - Sinn being one of the worse offenders in that regard, certainly on my old UX.

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Driver8

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Funny, I did exactly the same - opened up my old Colt in the box from the post and thought "I don't believe it, they didn't fit a crystal before despatch"!

Yes Breitling AR is one if the best. Better than the PO for example. You can still scratch it though. Not very hard to do so.