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Is there such a watch as an arbitro and is it fake?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BREITLING-18kt- ... =RTM759771

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dial refinished, logo wrong for period case serial no. would indicate, lug form wrong for a 781

Clearly has issues. Seller admits that dial is refinished and you can see that the Breitling logo is wrong so no reason to believe that it's Breitling - no idea what the Arbitro refers to, it's Italian for referee, but other than that, no clue. 761 is a valid model number, although this would be a late serial, and I was ready to say that the case looked OK subject to Breitling likely being added, but the lugs look wrong for any 761 that I have seen - they should be thinner and straight rather than shaped to the case. 761 would also be smaller than the claimed 38mm and a 3 sub chrono.

Seller describes the movement but doesn't show photos which sets off alarm bells with me.

edit, Fred beat me to it.

I know i sometimes come across as nitpicking but why is the breitling brand name not centered properly ?, and i cant really tell but it looks engraved , not stamped

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Because the 'dial refinisher' (I'm being generous) wasn't very good.

Another watch bearing "arbitro" mark is here (for comparison):

http://www.chrono24.com/en/breitling/cr ... 364312.htm

That's not to say either one is correct, of course...

I would say this indicates I was wrong and the 18k piece is "just" a botched dial refinishing, there were several models produced just for the italian market (Giro), apparently also an "Arbitro" referee watch; I will try to find out a bit more, thank you for posting this.