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To me, it's just a watch I like the look of with the work Bentley on it. I make no connection to the car.

I am not a fan of B4B but a huge fan of all other lines. But I am liking the fact that B4B has a cult and loyal following and that to me says a lot about that line; I hope Breitling keep it but don't overdo any of its designs.

Rolex vs. Breitling is a no brainer as far as I am concerned. Let's not talk superior vs inferior. IMO, Rolex has only a handful designs to speak of (don't bring the Cellini line into this) but a hell a lot of combinations. Also even though they only have a handful of designs to work with, they make a very very high quality product out of it. You can see it with just a close inspection. Manufacturing quality is top notch. I am not sure about performance. I own a DJ and sometimes it is off by +10s a day. I am not complaining though. I love the DJ for its appeal. Breitling on the other hand have lots of lines and models and versions. They are sportier, more attractive. Among the watches I own, Breitling wins in performance by a huge margin. From my limited knowledge of watch making history, the foundations of Swiss watch making was to use ebauches and unfinished movements and I have no problem with Breitling following it till the time they switch over to inhouse completely.

Breitling all the way for me! Above comments are all my opinion only! Take it easy.

I tried on the green super light version. Very cool.


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Peter

BREITLING for Bentley Motors T & Mark VI, Aerospace
ROLEX Submariner Ceramic116610LN
OMEGA Plantet Ocean 8500 42mm Orange arabics
OCEAN7 LM-3

Unlike many of the responses, I really like bentleys. So I have more connection to the car than the watch.

I like some of the Bentleys and would like to get into them more. They are big for an average dude 49mm is huge, especially if your wearing button down shirts. If you are 6'2+ AND big its different story but a relatively small portion of the population is that big; I heard less than 5% at one time and less than 2% at another so they aren't really mainstream targeted. There are only a few of them that fit into that sweet spot of 40-45mm.

Breitlings have gotten very expensive compared to their contemporary offerings. A top of the line solid gold sky dweller or daytona is considerably less than a solid gold Breitling GMT, I wasn't shopping a b4b so I don't know the delta there but I'd imagine its even greater. IMO the solid gold Rolex is a better value, they run their own foundries, the gold and steel are higher end and they don't skimp on the gold like Breitling does in the bands, have you looked at a gold breitling band vs a gold rolex band, the rolex band is essentially the steel version made out of high quality gold the breitling is completely redesigned in the pilots to use less material. I don't want to pay a premium to get less.

other than a few designs such as the DSSD and YM2 the Rolex' are more suitable for a wider range of wear including t shirts, black tie, etc they are classic and sporty. buying used breitlings pose a great value imo since they depreciate very quickly versus a Rolex where a used Rolex may fetch the same as a similar model grey-market/Caribbean price. So there is also a depreciation hit and for people looking to lock in value a new rolex is a far better choice. Although that doesn't always mean a better product as can be seen in the car world.

I have always liked the smaller Bentleys - the Mark VI and now the 42mm version of the Bernato. The problem according to the ADs is they have trouble selling the smaller ones.

But price is a problem for the entire line. I have never understood how a Bentley objectively was worth more than an Evo for example. And the answer is, it isn't.

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I like the smaller Bentleys too, the Mark VI in particular. The only thing preventing me from buying one is that the bezels don't rotate on those models, and I need the bezel to rotate on all my watches so that I can time events with it.

I think the Bentleys are priced higher because they are marketed as more exclusive and are, presumably, made in more limited quantity. I don't find the finish of my Bentley GT to be any better than that of my Skyracer.

I buy Bentleys because I like their styling - they look sort of like modernized, beefed up Navitimers to me, and the bezels are somehow both rugged and eye-catching. I can't imagine that anybody I come into contact knows the difference between a Bentley and a Chronomat or could care less about the watches I wear.

But I only buy used, so the difference in price isn't such an issue for me.



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The Mark VI is one of the easiest watches to time with. The the minute chrono hand is in the center of the dial instead of a subdial. So timing an event is as easy as pressing the chrono start button and reading the elapsed minutes like the minutes of the hour.

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Peter

BREITLING for Bentley Motors T & Mark VI, Aerospace
ROLEX Submariner Ceramic116610LN
OMEGA Plantet Ocean 8500 42mm Orange arabics
OCEAN7 LM-3

It sounds like the same movement as the Skyracer and the Supersports, whatever Breitling calls it.

But I need both a chrono and and a rotating bezel.

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