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I have seen these pieces pop up lately
most of them with Breitling on the dial but here's a wakmann

http://www.ebay.de/itm/RARE-WAKMANN-BRE ... 5d474be301

are they both genuine or are the Breitling pieces fake ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

no, Renè, these are among the (I think) three watches that we have seen with both Breitling and Wakmann dials, though Bill will probably (and maybe rightly) doubt them, but I have seen to many not to assume these are among the "late years desperation" pieces; Breitlings are marked ref. 9122; Paul has/had several iirc.

edit reason: typos, of course.

I had one but sold it because I couldn't find a better dial. This one had the sub register scales delaminated and needed the hand relumed. Of course I have since seen the dials on ebay.

They date from the mid-1960s and were produced for quite a while and were intended to be the bottom end of the product line. They were mostly retailed through department stores, etc. The quality is such that I sometimes wonder if they were outsourced.