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My Breitling "keeper" is a limited edition Pluton Team 60 Swedish Airforce.
Numbered 428/1000 that I bought in the duty free at Geneva airport in 1996.

I've had other Breitlings since but always sold or traded them. But this one I will always keep. It was my first Breitling and hold a place closr to my heart.

Is there a list anywhere of all the Breitling editions and how many of each was made?

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g1ant wrote:
Is there a list anywhere of all the Breitling editions and how many of each was made?

Not that I know of..... although there's a fair bit of knowledge on here, so maybe it's something that we as a group could look to pull together? Just an idea....

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Driver8 wrote:
g1ant wrote:
Is there a list anywhere of all the Breitling editions and how many of each was made?

Not that I know of..... although there's a fair bit of knowledge on here, so maybe it's something that we as a group could look to pull together? Just an idea....


This has come up a couple of times before and the short answer is - no.

The problem is that there are actually a huge number of LEs and SEs because of all the variations with different logos, the country and region specific versions, the extremely limited editions of 10 or less that are never announced, etc.

Without the official help of Breitling I think it would be impossible to put anything close to a definitive list together.


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Roffensian wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
g1ant wrote:
Is there a list anywhere of all the Breitling editions and how many of each was made?

Not that I know of..... although there's a fair bit of knowledge on here, so maybe it's something that we as a group could look to pull together? Just an idea....


This has come up a couple of times before and the short answer is - no.

The problem is that there are actually a huge number of LEs and SEs because of all the variations with different logos, the country and region specific versions, the extremely limited editions of 10 or less that are never announced, etc.

Without the official help of Breitling I think it would be impossible to put anything close to a definitive list together.

True, but then I personally don't class all the multitude of Aerospace and Airwolf models with different logos on the dial as true LE's. But then I guess we start to get into semantics about what constitutes an LE and what doesn't......

Still, if anyone wants to start a list (and before anyone asks, no I'm not going to step up to the plate!) I'm sure some of us could contribute.

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I was more interested in limited edition models. ie, ones with number information engraved onto the the back of the watch.

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Come on Driver.... You know you want to!!!!

Get that LE list started!!! Lol!

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g1ant wrote:
I was more interested in limited edition models. ie, ones with number information engraved onto the the back of the watch.

alex


Yes, but a number of the ones that are regular watches with just a logo have numbers on the back.

The regular 6.75 with 5 diamonds on the back that Alien posted about have numbers on the back

They are LEs, they're just not really special versions of the watch itself.

As a counterpoint, watches that are considered LEs really aren't - the 50th Anniversary Navitimer isn't a LE as it wasn't produced in a set number - it was produced for just one year - it has the number engraved on the back, but it's not of XXXX. Same goes for the DB Lemania Cosmo.

Do you see how quickly it gets complicated?


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Just the ones that are XXX/XXXX then.

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g1ant wrote:
Just the ones that are XXX/XXXX then.

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It's still an impossible task - there are literally hundreds of Chronomats alone that are simply logo versions but are xx/xxx


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Here are a few of the recent 'real' ones that I know of:

SA Blacksteel - 3,000
AS Blacksteel - 2,000
Mark VI Complication 29 - 250 Gold, 100 Platinum
Chronomatic 24 (Black) - 1,000
Chonomatic 24 (Blue) - 1,000
Bentley LeMans - 1,000 (250 each of Black, Blue, White, Bronze)
Navitimer QP 50th Anniversary - 50 Gold
Navitimer QP Rattrapante - 10 White Gold
Navitimer 50th Anniversary - 50 Gold (steel was not LE, one year production)
Original Blackbird - 250 Blue
Chronomat Frecce Tricolori - 4,000 steel, 4,000 TT
Chronomat Lancaster - 60
Chronomat Mosquito - 60
Chronomat 10th Anniversary - 1,994
Chronomat Alfa Romeo - 30
Chronomat USAK - 500
Chronomat HK AF - 1,997
Chronomat Fei Gao - 188
Chronomat Blue Angels - 1,000
Chronomat Red Arrows - 1,965
Chronomat 'World is Yours' - 4x40
Chronomat Blue Impulse - 1,000
Chronomat Jagdgeschwader 74 - 500
Chronomat Richthofen - 450
Chronomat Tomcat - 250
Chronomat Baltimore Ravens - 100
Chronomat NBA - 25 Gold, ??? Steel
Chronomat Vitesse - 60
Cosmonaute Special DB (Japan) - 100
Chrono Avenger Rattrapante Automatic - 25
Shadow Flyback (Japan) - ??
Chrono Avenger 69 - 600
Navitimer 2001 (Japan) - 100 Gold
Navitimer Classic (Japan) - 100
Cosmonaute Scott Carpenter - 1,000
Navitimer Porco Rosso (Japan) - 300
Navitimer Snowbirds - 1,000


With help from Navitimer.net, Don Indiano, WUS et al



I've missed loads - but there's a start, someone else can have a go.


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Roffensian wrote:
Here are a few of the recent 'real' ones that I know of:

SA Blacksteel - 3,000
AS Blacksteel - 2,000
Mark VI Complication 29 - 250 Gold, 100 Platinum
Chronomatic 24 (Black) - 1,000
Chonomatic 24 (Blue) - 1,000
Bentley LeMans - 1,000 (250 each of Black, Blue, White, Bronze)
Navitimer QP 50th Anniversary - 50 Gold
Navitimer QP Rattrapante - 10 White Gold
Navitimer 50th Anniversary - 50 Gold (steel was not LE, one year production)
Original Blackbird - 250 Blue
Chronomat Frecce Tricolori - 4,000 steel, 4,000 TT
Chronomat Lancaster - 60
Chronomat Mosquito - 60
Chronomat 10th Anniversary - 1,994
Chronomat Alfa Romeo - 30
Chronomat USAK - 500
Chronomat HK AF - 1,997
Chronomat Fei Gao - 188
Chronomat Blue Angels - 1,000
Chronomat Red Arrows - 1,965
Chronomat 'World is Yours' - 4x40
Chronomat Blue Impulse - 1,000
Chronomat Jagdgeschwader 74 - 500
Chronomat Richthofen - 450
Chronomat Tomcat - 250
Chronomat Baltimore Ravens - 100
Chronomat NBA - 25 Gold, ??? Steel
Chronomat Vitesse - 60
Cosmonaute Special DB (Japan) - 100
Chrono Avenger Rattrapante Automatic - 25
Shadow Flyback (Japan) - ??
Chrono Avenger 69 - 600
Navitimer 2001 (Japan) - 100 Gold
Navitimer Classic (Japan) - 100
Cosmonaute Scott Carpenter - 1,000
Navitimer Porco Rosso (Japan) - 300
Navitimer Snowbirds - 1,000


With help from Navitimer.net, Don Indiano, WUS et al



I've missed loads - but there's a start, someone else can have a go.


Looks like one hell-uva shopping list you've got there ;)

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Some more:

Airwolf - BBMF Lancaster - 200
Airwolf - BBMF Spitfire - 200
Airwolf - BBMF Hurricane - 200
Airwolf Vulcan - 200
Chronomat Evolution Blue MOP - 250
Montbrillant Rose Gold / Black Dial - 500
Montbrillant Olympus Gold / Gold wit Black on Black dial - 500
Navitimer World - Rose Gold / Black - 500
Bentley Mark VI (not Complications) Gold / Bronze - 500
Chronomat Evolution - White Gold / Blue - 100
Montbrillant Datora - Rose Gold / havana - 500


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I'd say that's a start then! :D Nice going Roff!

Maybe Admin could do something with putting on the main site (i.e. out of the forum) as a reference link or something?

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Driver8 wrote:
I'd say that's a start then! :D Nice going Roff!

Maybe Admin could do something with putting on the main site (i.e. out of the forum) as a reference link or something?


Well thank you - I'll try and add some more a the old memory starts working.


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