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Southernjoe
PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:05 pm 
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Wearing my 801 to work again today, love the look of it with its lovely old slightly brown face. It really is a beautiful watch. Should I post any more better photos of this for reference or is there enough information out there already for members or collectors?

I have really only ever seen the photos of the one on "The Unofficial Breitling FAQ" website. That one looks like it is in mint condition, but would the dial have been refinished?

Another question is insurance value. I attempted to get a valuation in NZ from a Breitling agent, but they had no idea at all and were not very interested. I currently have it insured for NZ$7500.00 ( approx US$6000.00 ) Is this realistic or not ? I realise I could not get another one, but I should at least have it covered properly in case of fire or theft. Your comments will be gratefully received.
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Always enjoy seeing pictures of this - the more the merrier. I would not use that particular site as reference for anything, many are sourced from a very disreputable source.

The insurance valuation isn't a million miles away, but for future proofing I think I would bump it up a bit.
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+1, I would insure it for 10K or even more just to be safe and considering is extremely unlikely that it can be replaced. They surely don't appear on the market, I have been looking for a all correct moonphase version for long with no success.
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Thanks for your comments re insurance value. Sounds like my estimates were not too far away. Irreplaceable anyway, but better to be insured than to suffer a total loss.

I will put up some better photos of the movement when I sort out my camera.

Here is a scan of the original envelope with the slide rule instructions. This came with the 801 when my father bought it. Some interesting calculations. Of course today these are very simplistic, but back then, before calculators and computers, this had some relevance. My father was a civil engineer which is one reason why he liked the slide rule function., in fact he taught me to use slide rules well before any modern machines were available.


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Southernjoe wrote:
I am brand new to this forum and I just wanted to share some photos of my Breitling Chronomat 801. My father bought this watch brand new and it passed on to me recently. It had sat in his drawer for about 30 years as the movement needed some work and getting this done in New Zealand proved to be difficult. I have just had it repaired and it is now working and keeping good time. The watchmaker suggested that we do not clean the dial as the lettering looks a little fragile and this could make it worse. In fact I have been wearing the watch for the last few weeks and it is a nice comfortable size and fit. The serial numbers date this to 1949. This appears to be a most unusual model with the gold markers instead of numerals and the gold hands are original to this watch also. As this watch has been unmolested it may be of interest to other members as it seems to be quite unique for this model. Your comments are naturally welcome re this unusual piece.
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Where is the Queue to ask for it ? I'm in :D
More seriously a superb piece.


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