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cal_11

Post subject: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:15 am

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Nice case, but look twice...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Breitling-Naviti ... fresh=true

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WatchFred

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:38 am

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not a very good refinish ...
and very poor lume work.
sad.

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cal_11

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:43 am

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Fred, I think it's a whole new reprinted dial, not a refinished, original one. View the subdials...

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WatchFred

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:59 am

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redial or refinish is normally used for complete reprints - and this one clearly is; no doubt.

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cal_11

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:02 pm

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We mean the same...

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Eric_navi

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:23 pm

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I've never really hunted one of these so I'm not super familiar with the details.... But now I'm curious, because to me at first glance, the dial doesn't look that bad. I want to make sure I'm not missing something.
So after squinting at two photos side-by-side:
Twin plane logo too filled in
Chronomatic has no space between Chrono and matic
Sub Dials have no indent (perhaps biggest giveaway?)
Font slightly wrong and text a bit too silver?
What else am I missing?
Pretty scary actually, looks pretty close...

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cal_11

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:31 pm

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Different G's in Breitling and Geneve, missing triangles in the second circle 1:10, 1:20, etc. Compare the MPH at 12. a CHRONOMATIC sign without - had only the very first 1806-dials...

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Eric_navi

Post subject: Re: Reprint 8806

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:54 pm

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cal_11 wrote:

Different G's in Breitling and Geneve, missing triangles in the second circle 1:10, 1:20, etc. Compare the MPH at 12. a CHRONOMATIC sign without - had only the very first 1806-dials...

Roger that

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