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still looking for my first Breitling. and this caught my eye.

i haven't seen too many of these models for sale?

Just wondering about the movement, value, etc....

what do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0350451433

Great watch My first Breitling and still my favourite!



Movement is the Breitling 13 (modified ETA 7750) in the automatic and Breitling 53 (ETA 251.262) in the quartz.

Value, subject to condition, up to $1000-$1200. About $200 less for quartz. Steel bracelet or deployant clasp adds value. Don't expect to find too many with box/papers.

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Great model, when was this produced?

V.

They are from the early 90s - 91 or 92 was the first year if I remember correcty - Sharky will surely correct me.

hey thanks alot!

any reason to question the authenticity of this one?

It looks fine to me, and I am not aware of any fakes of this. It looks like there may be some marks on the crystal though - edge of the crystal between 9 and 12 looks 'smudged', though it may just be the photo - it is a sapphire crystal if I remember correctly.

Of course the bezel needs aligning!

thanks!

and i see what you mean about the smudge. i hope it's the picture.

still looking........

but it's fun.

Launched in 1991 - Spot on!

Here's some great info on the Chrono Shark Quartz courtesy of Altro on WUS when I first got got my Shark and asked for info on my watch.

"1991
The Chrono Shark Quartz first appears in 1991 using the same B53 movement as in the Chrono J-Class. The sub-registers are in the typical quartz positions of 2, 6 and 10 o'clock. The name "SHARK" is printed below the register at 10 o'clock and the word "CHRONOGRAPH" below the register at 2 o'clock. The dial colour is black. The hour hand can be changed without stopping the movement or altering the minutes and seconds; this feature is designed for timezone changes. The watch with its two center second hands has split seconds timing and a flyback feature. The rotatable bezel is graduated in minutes.

1992
The following year "SHARK" is printed between the upper two registers and "CHRONOGRAPH" is just above the register at 6 o'clock. A blue dialled version is now available as well as black. An additional automatic version with the B13 movement (Valjoux 7750) and the subdials at 6, 9 and 12 o'clock is launched in 1992.

1993
A variation of the Chrono Shark Quartz, the 'Chrono Shark Yachting' also with the B53 movement is added to the range. This watch has a white dial with blue subs and the word "YACHTING" in red near 9 o'clock. There is a 10-minute countdown scale and one of the split chrono hands is red to mark the countdown to a race on this scale. The Yachting has a windrose (compass) bezel.

1995
The 'Chrono Shark Quartz' and 'Chrono Shark Quartz Yachting' are replaced in 1995 by the 'Chrono Colt Quartz' and the Chrono Colt TransOcean' (These Colts also use the B53 caliber)."

Sorry but I don't have info on the auto.

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