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Well, I recently bought a Seawolf from a guy on TZ that had no papers. He wasn't the first owner, but he thought the watch was bought gray market.

I took it to JD Watchworks in San Francisco, an authorized service center, and I can tell you for sure that Juliusz did not care whether the watch was bought at an AD or not. In fact, his price for a full service was less than what Breitling lists on their website.

Is it possible to have a watch registered to you but have the warranty card filled out, but not stamped?

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Breitling Bentley 6.75
White Baton Super Avenger
Rolex DSSD

Personally I'd rather my watches weren't officially registered to me : it just makes it more of a hassle if you come to sell them and decide to change the official ownership details.

The ones that really irritate me are the likes of Rolex when they put your name and address on the warranty papers. I sold my Sub LV a few years ago, so now there's a Rolex floating around with my name and address on the papers.

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Driver8

Site Moderator

For this very reason, I find that buying from a reputable online store can be a good alternative if for any reasom your AD can't get the watch you're after, if it's discontinued for example. Most ADs do very good discounts, sometimes even better than online store, as they really want your custom. Once they realise that we are potentially watch freaks, they'll be happy to serve our needs. If your AD can't offer a good deal, just walk and try another AD. Simple as that. You can do all this over the phone, once you've already tried the watch and you know it's what you want.

AD all the way, unless I have no choice but online reputable shop, which is good enough.

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life's too short and you only live once

Doesn't the movement have an original ETA serial # when they shipped as an ebauche?

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Emergency + Co-Pilot
Navitimer Heritage
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean Heritage 46
Avenger Seawolf Ti
Colt 2 Automatic

The movement has the watch serial number on it.

Then it's my turn to sound dim...

I suspect the answer to this is going to be yes. Does that mean a grey market watch will have been opened to remove numbers from the caseback and the movement?

Ta.

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Emergency + Co-Pilot
Navitimer Heritage
Chronomat Evolution
SuperOcean Heritage 46
Avenger Seawolf Ti
Colt 2 Automatic

Then it's my turn to sound dim...

I suspect the answer to this is going to be yes. Does that mean a grey market watch will have been opened to remove numbers from the caseback and the movement?

Ta.[/quote]

No most grey market watches have all serial numbers intact.

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These days most grey market watches have intact serials, a few years ago it was far less common and grey market dealers would actually state as part of the listing whether the serial was intact.

From Breitling's standpoint there is no legitimate reason to remove the serial so they will generally refuse to service a watch that has had the case serial removed. Generally speaking the movement serial was untouched.

I had my M1 repaired twice under warranty. The second time they replaced the entire movement. No way am I buying another Breitling without a factory warranty.

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Chrono Avenger M1, Ti- yellow dial, on Pro II Ti bracelet.
Avenger Code Yellow LE, on Diver Pro II strap, w/arabic dial.