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dgercp
 Post subject: First time poster.
PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:33 pm 
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My first post here has a dual purpose.
Firstly, to share this wonderful pre-806. And secondly, to
thank two people for energizing my love of watches.
Fred, for introducing me to the magic of vintage Breitling, and
Dracha, for enabling that magic to become a reality for me.

I have learned more perusing this forum for 1 week than I have in a year
on other watch sites. With more time here, who knows, I may graduate from being a WI to a WIS.

Cheers,
David


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Congrats, is a beauty and welcome to vintage Breitlings, nice Valjoux 72. What serial range? Don't mention the last 3 numbers for security, just put in XXX.
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Thank you cruvon.
It is 844xxx.
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Gorgeous, welcome, congratulations, and thanks for posting That beautiful watch.


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dgercp wrote:
Thank you cruvon.
It is 844xxx.



That's great, mine is 844XXX too as far as I remember so brothers I guess:), mine says welcome!

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It's in beautiful condition. Looking forward to more photos of your collection!
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for a first post this watch is near to a effrontery

:bow:

congrats

and welcome

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David, I can only quote Stephan:
:bow: :bow: :bow:

welcome to this forum - and I happen to know it's not the last beautiful icon you'll show us here ;)
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David, is that one of Fred's shirts too :mrgreen: .
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cruvon wrote:
dgercp wrote:
Thank you cruvon.
It is 844xxx.



That's great, mine is 844XXX too as far as I remember so brothers I guess:), mine says welcome!

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So, are you saying these are a dime a dozen :uplaugh:
That is beautiful! Is the bracelet original?
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806er wrote:
for a first post this watch is near to a effrontery

:bow:

congrats

and welcome

Stephan


My apologies :uplaugh:
Trust me, my next 20 posts will be dumb questions about ebay frankenwatches!
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[quote="Supermoto"]David, is that one of Fred's shirts too :mrgreen: .[/quote

I wish, his shirts are grails :D


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dgercp wrote:
cruvon wrote:
dgercp wrote:
Thank you cruvon.
It is 844xxx.



That's great, mine is 844XXX too as far as I remember so brothers I guess:), mine says welcome!



So, are you saying these are a dime a dozen :uplaugh:
That is beautiful! Is the bracelet original?


Lol, possibly:), thanks.
No, the bracelet I think is by Champion (have to check if recall the brand right) that was a switch I believe if one wanted a SS bracelet on the watch back in the day. Breitling never sold SS bracelets on these back then, only leather, but you could opt to put one on from Champion according to Kurt who I got the watch from.
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Btw have some movement pics? Would be great to compare notes, love the V72 engine! I considered ordering a fabricated custom sapphire caseback to display the movement but never got to doing it:)

Here's a movement pic on mine
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WatchFred wrote:
David, I can only quote Stephan:
:bow: :bow: :bow:

welcome to this forum - and I happen to know it's not the last beautiful icon you'll show us here ;)



Thanks Fred, but I need to pace myself :)


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