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 Post subject: 810 Toptime
PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:13 am 
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Does this have the correct subdial hands?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... OR:US:1123

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Actually I like the way it looks but the hands are wrong.
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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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vintage wrote:
Actually I like the way it looks but the hands are wrong.


Are they readily available for replacement?

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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rick wrote:
vintage wrote:
Actually I like the way it looks but the hands are wrong.


Are they readily available for replacement?


They sometimes show up on ebay.
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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Yeah, those hands are wrong all around. Look Circa 1970's. I have been looking for hands for mine to no avail. Only option I have found is Horological Services, they can get NOS replacements no problem. You have to have them do the work, won't sell parts. Heck you can't find them ,unless you are willing to wait till the cows come home that is.

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Well they were used on Top Times just not the 810.

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Is it me or does the case look wrong too?
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How much do these inconsistencies devalue a watch like this?

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to a collector it would be unwearable in this condition - though finding hands is not impossible, just needs a lot of patience.

but we are not the "market" - we often see restored pieces w/ refinished dials and incorrect hands sell at high prices, just because they look "like new", so this one might find a buyer too.

just to show how a correct black panda gen. 1 ref. 810 should look:

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Wow.. Looks like a different watch.

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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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Greg seems right, btw. case is wrong for a monocoque ref. 810. do not have access to my watches to compare, but quite strange.
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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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IMHO a post Breitling assembly and highly priced , avoid!
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 Post subject: Re: 810 Toptime
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hate to be right in this case. sold for $1,950
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WatchFred wrote:
hate to be right in this case. sold for $1,950


Gosh Fred, what the heck! $1950 with those hands, maybe I should have been looking for Navitimer hands for 810 all this time. I might break $2500!
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