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 Post subject: 1st Breitling Chrono?
PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:54 am 
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There are a couple of very close examples on page 25 of Richters book.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Worlds-1st-Historic-Breitling-Montbrilliant-chronograph-Wrist-watch-1910s-/141085768049?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item20d95df971
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price is wishful thinking, maybe 10% are realistic; but might well be correct ?
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It looks correct to me, agree that price is rather 'optimistic'.
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WatchFred wrote:
price is wishful thinking, maybe 10% are realistic; but might well be correct ?


Looks close to Richter's samples and 100% ok with Fred's appreciation :
For the seller , there is a good new and a bad new - :
=> good new = basically impossible to find those early chronographs
=> bad new = basically impossible to find a customer at this price level

Maybe with a perfect dial the real value would be more than 10% , but the market for those antiques is very narrow .
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I never got the connection between Breitling and Montbrillant (not Montbrilliant!!) is there a certified connection between the 2 brands/markings ?

anyway, I seem to remember that I saw this piece before , w/ the damage on the dial ? has anyone else seen this piece before on Ebay or C24 ?

re price,

anyone can ask whatever they want of course, but I doubt it will even reach 10% ? , that might just be me being slow catching up on really rare pieces but rarity does not mean high prices , at least not in my book and historic significance doesnt always command the highest price either ?

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Dracha wrote:
I never got the connection between Breitling and Montbrillant (not Montbrilliant!!) is there a certified connection between the 2 brands/markings ?



Absolutely. In G. Leon Breitling's time (30s) the company was officially Montbrillant Watch Manufactory, named after the street that the factory was on in La Chaux de Fonds
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Better to ask too much than too little. He's probably just trying to get a feel for what the interest is. Putting a watch on ebay with a silly high price is one way of judging the market, based upon the bids, without fear it will sell too low. You can always accept the highest offer. :wink:
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Roffensian wrote:
Dracha wrote:
I never got the connection between Breitling and Montbrillant (not Montbrilliant!!) is there a certified connection between the 2 brands/markings ?



Absolutely. In G. Leon Breitling's time (30s) the company was officially Montbrillant Watch Manufactory, named after the street that the factory was on in La Chaux de Fonds



Interesting, i didnt know that
Thanks Roff

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