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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:14 pm 
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I was struck by the beauty of the A17390. At any rate, providing the New England weather cooperates, it is due on Monday afternoon. I'm excited to receive it to say the least.

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Tough crowd; no Steelfish fans? Oh btw; new here as well.
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You posted at quarter past midnight on a Sunday morning US east coast time and expect a reply in under 4 hours - tough expectations!

Welcome to BreitlingSource and congrats on an iconic watch.
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HogWldFLTR wrote:
Tough crowd; no Steelfish fans? Oh btw; new here as well.


Well, technically you don't have it yet and one should never count their chickens before they hatch ;-)
Congrats and enjoy it fo many years in good health.
It's a classic.

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Not everyone works the midnight shift! :wink: Congratulations this watch happens to be one of my favorites! Welcome to the source!
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Great choice! A true classic. Enjoy!

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I like em. Good choice.


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Roffensian wrote:
You posted at quarter past midnight on a Sunday morning US east coast time and expect a reply in under 4 hours - tough expectations!

Welcome to BreitlingSource and congrats on an iconic watch.


I'm a toughie all righty; thanks for the replies, all. Hopefully the watch will prove to be as tough. And truthfully, there were a fair number of views and no responses. I was beginning to thing that the Steelfish had gone out of favor with the new ceramic bezelled Superoceans. I've got a Sub which is also ceramic bezelled and the new SOs are too big for me and too close in style.
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wessa wrote:
HogWldFLTR wrote:
Tough crowd; no Steelfish fans? Oh btw; new here as well.


Well, technically you don't have it yet and one should never count their chickens before they hatch ;-)
Congrats and enjoy it fo many years in good health.
It's a classic.


Interesting purchase story; first I was buying a white dialed one when the seller reneged. Because it was w/o box and papers I decided to buy one with the full package and ended up with this one. Strangely the seller is from a few miles from where I grew up and is almost an equal WIS. I've been tracking the package and it's definitely en route. My discussions with the seller started with him asking me to baby it as much as he has. Pretty likely a keeper. Thanks for the "Congrats."
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The Steelfish is a fantastic timepiece, very rugged watch. Enjoy it!


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The Steelfish is a fantastic timepiece, very rugged watch. Enjoy it!


Thanks, I'm excited to get it!!!

Delivery tomorrow? Come on USPS...

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
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I don't mind the fish :wink:
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MattC wrote:
The Steelfish is a fantastic timepiece

It certainly is. I've had 3 of the blighters......and I regret not owning one at the moment. As someone else has said in this thread, the SF is a real iconic piece IMO, and in fact I think it made my personal "top 5 Breitlings" in a thread we had running a few years ago.

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I don't mind the fish :wink:
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Great dramatic photo. Thanks. Snow so far but no mail.
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I had the same B17 movement in my previous SO (not the SF though). Very accurate and sturdy timepiece. Enjoy, and congrats!!


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