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 Post subject: Small Cosmonautes?
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Why aren't there any 45 or 46mm Cosmonautes?
Having lots of large watches 41-42mm is just too small.
Besides, once you wear the Super Avenger for a day everything else pales in comparison...

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Why aren't there any 45 or 46mm Cosmonautes?
Having lots of large watches 41-42mm is just too small.
Besides, once you wear the Super Avenger for a day everything else pales in comparison...


I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that - nothing, but nothing, pales in comparison to this:

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The Cosmonaute has a lot of history, and personally I like the fact that not every Breitling has to be 46mm or larger. I have large watches and I have small watches, and I'm happy wearing any of them. My wrists are large, but when I'm wearing a vintage piece (which tend to be very small by current standards) I never hear comments about them looking too small, and I certainly never consider them that way.
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its the perfect size imo. anything over 44 is too big for my wrist
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the cosmonaute is a classic, I love mine and it seems to wear bigger.

there is a large 24 hour watch in the chronomat...I can see how after the SA everything seems....well...tiny.
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I love this watch. This similar watch stood out among many other when I visited the AD earlier this week. This Cosmonaut I looked at did NOT have the display back though, which I absolutely love. Do you think it is possible to still find this watch NOS at a dealer? I would love to have one of these. Does any know the model number for the watch? What is something like this going for these days? Lots of silly questions, sorry?
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If you want a 24 hour watch that is big, look for the Bentley Le Mans...
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nnikolaus wrote:
I love this watch. This similar watch stood out among many other when I visited the AD earlier this week. This Cosmonaut I looked at did NOT have the display back though, which I absolutely love. Do you think it is possible to still find this watch NOS at a dealer? I would love to have one of these. Does any know the model number for the watch? What is something like this going for these days? Lots of silly questions, sorry?
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The display back version of the Cosmo that Roff has is a manual wind, was a limited edition, and I think you'd have a snowball's chance in hell of find one NOS these days. In fact they dont even come up all that often on eBay.

It's a lovely looking piece, and one of only two manual winds that I particularly like. (The other being, slightly bizarrely, the Omega Railmaster XXL).

If a Comso DB came up for good money (unlikely) I might be prepared to accept the size, but as we all know I prefer the bigger pieces in general.

Personally I certainly don't think Breitling should discontinue the smaller pieces as they have all the history with them. However, I'd like to see a few larger DB models as well.

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 Post subject: It's a pity...
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It's a pity the Le Mans is discontinued.
Limited Edition with none for sale.
(I searched and searched until I was blue in the thumb).
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DB Cosmo is not an expensive piece. Bought mine from a UK dealer for GBP1,500. The challenge is trying to find them of course, but incredible value.
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DB Cosmo is not an expensive piece. Bought mine from a UK dealer for GBP1,500. The challenge is trying to find them of course, but incredible value.

Really? Wow, I've seen a couple go on eBay for around the £2k mark in the past, so you got a great deal there Roff.

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nnikolaus wrote:
I love this watch. This similar watch stood out among many other when I visited the AD earlier this week. This Cosmonaut I looked at did NOT have the display back though, which I absolutely love. Do you think it is possible to still find this watch NOS at a dealer? I would love to have one of these. Does any know the model number for the watch? What is something like this going for these days? Lots of silly questions, sorry?
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You saw A22322, DB ref. is A12023. I don't think that you can find it NOS at an AD anymore.
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nnikolaus wrote:
I love this watch. This similar watch stood out among many other when I visited the AD earlier this week. This Cosmonaut I looked at did NOT have the display back though, which I absolutely love. Do you think it is possible to still find this watch NOS at a dealer? I would love to have one of these. Does any know the model number for the watch? What is something like this going for these days? Lots of silly questions, sorry?
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You saw A22322, DB ref. is A12023. I don't think that you can find it NOS at an AD anymore.


Definitely not - it's from 1995.
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nnikolaus wrote:
I love this watch. This similar watch stood out among many other when I visited the AD earlier this week. This Cosmonaut I looked at did NOT have the display back though, which I absolutely love. Do you think it is possible to still find this watch NOS at a dealer? I would love to have one of these. Does any know the model number for the watch? What is something like this going for these days? Lots of silly questions, sorry?
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You saw A22322, DB ref. is A12023. I don't think that you can find it NOS at an AD anymore.


Definitely not - it's from 1995.

Are you sure? Always thought that it's from 97.
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It's a pity the Le Mans is discontinued.
Limited Edition with none for sale.
(I searched and searched until I was blue in the thumb).
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You´re not good enough searching my friend:

http://www.finetimepieces.com/uhr_1429_ ... 236212.htm

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HeadOffice wrote:
It's a pity the Le Mans is discontinued.
Limited Edition with none for sale.
(I searched and searched until I was blue in the thumb).
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You´re not good enough searching my friend:

http://www.finetimepieces.com/uhr_1429_ ... 236212.htm

Here's another... http://cgi.ebay.com/1-of-250-Limited-Ed ... 240%3A1318
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