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mrfredg
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:43 am 
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Hi everyone,

I was handed down this Breitling when i got married, but even the specialists i take it to have never seen it before.
I believe it is 1960-1964
17 jewels incabloc
all original (except strap)
Runs extremely well

If anyone out there recognises it (see pic), please let me know.
Thanks!!!


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sorry to say, but as nice as it may be to you, it wasn't produced by Breitling
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agreed,
this was not originally made by Breitling, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but its a fake

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so we'll soon have an argument about this statement - there ARE "extremely rare" Breitling, but they have (almost) all been either documented in catalogs an/or advertisements; three very, very late models that were launched in the 1970s shortly before Breitling was forced to close down are an exception; but these have appeared in multiple examples over years - and there still is a shadow of doubt about them in the community.

we have spent years documenting all Breitling models - this isn't among them.

Yes, there are some some documented prototypes of models never launched, but these are only minimal adaptations of existing models - and thousands of knockoff pieces claimed to be "extremely rare" .....


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Thanks everyone - i'm fascinated and grateful for your feedback far. One individual suggested it might be a prototype. If that was verified, would it have any value at all?

It comes from a family where i highly doubt they'd ever own a fake, so i'm wondering if that might be its provenance?

Please keep thoughts coming!!

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you could help us by supplying addition pictures of inner and outer caseback plus movement. as said, I highly doubt the prototype theory.

the dial & logo print is far inferior to typical Breitling quality - and prototypes were produced w/ impeccable detail.
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Thanks WatchFred. I will do that later today when i have the tools handy and send pics over.
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There's a cottage industry making these and you can see quite a few, including the OPs, here:

http://www.breitling-museum.com/1960-1969.html


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we have to clarify that this "museum" site should be renamed Fakeling-museum.com


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WatchFred wrote:
we have to clarify that this "museum" site should be renamed Fakeling-museum.com

I SECOND THAT!!!!

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Its got that piñata S. America look.

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