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zr0e,
Your taste in wristwatches is even more impressive. If I'm not mistaken, this beauty appears to be a Breitling.
Could you kindly post a more detailed photo?
It looks awesome


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Gladly, but not at the moment
Perhaps later today.

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this will help any Breitling cravings a bit or worsen them like it does me. It comes with a Bentley.
Or maybe buying a Bentley gives you an option to have one of these made. I forget. It's one of those "if you have to ask"
at the Breitling web site

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That's a very nice Tourbillon, but i prefer Perrelet over Breitling. I also like Girard-Perregaux!.

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Indeed, there are some quite nice Breitlings, with the exception of precious metals though, they are priced fairly reasonably, and depending on which line you choose, very sturdy (ranging to just sturdy.)
For the sake of keeping it relevant:
and two more, detailed shots:
Although that wrist shot might not give you an impression of how big the watch really is, it is 46MM in diameter, the largest of all the Navitimer line.
In the past I've owned 4 other Breitlings and 2 Panerais, though I no longer have any of them. I do have some pictures:
Pam88 (44MM for comparison):
Pam72 (40MM for comparison):
Breitling for Bentley, Bentley Motors (48MM for comparison!):


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zr0e,
That Navitimer photo is one beautiful eye-candy Thanks for sharing it.
I tend to think of a wristwatch as a precision instrument, rather than a jewelry piece, and as such, find Breitling watches to fit that bill perfectly. The use of extensive jewelry in a wristwatch, like the ones you find in some Rolex series, is too ostentatious for my taste.
Cheers!
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Quote: Originally Posted by fredricktoo this will help any Breitling cravings a bit or worsen them like it does me. Thanks fredricktoo. Unfortunately, it had the same effect on me as it had on you The pain only grew !!!
And some people have the nerve to think that only fragrance addiction is a strange and expensive habit

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Quote: Originally Posted by godzilla I tend to think of a wristwatch as a precision instrument, rather than a jewelry piece, I started down that road and quickly found a roadblock:
Even the very expensive (Rolex) watches that use a mechanical movement are inherently less accurate than quartz watches.
That is, you can spend thousands of dollars for a watch and it will still not keep better time than a $20 quartz casio.
I've looked for hybrids that use GPS satellite or WWV time signals to synch but still offer an analog display (hands), but haven't found anything that's made well and looks good (been a few years since I last looked though).
I guess it's the engineer in me that can't stand to pay a lot for a timepiece if it can't be accurate. I did break down and buy a dress watch, but to me it's basically jewelry and I rarely wear it.

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Quote: Originally Posted by radix023 I started down that road and quickly found a roadblock:
Even the very expensive (Rolex) watches that use a mechanical movement are inherently less accurate than quartz watches.
That is, you can spend thousands of dollars for a watch and it will still not keep better time than a $20 quartz casio.
I guess it's the engineer in me that can't stand to pay a lot for a timepiece if it can't be accurate. I did break down and buy a dress watch, but to me it's basically jewelry and I rarely wear it. Very true indeed. However, for me, the search for a perfect wristwatch is more than a search for extreme accuracy.
I too had to ask myself whether there was a practical need to wear a wristwatch which could keep track of time down to 0.001th of a second. Sure, the cumulative error which periodically manifests itself in mechanical watches needs to be accounted for, but to me, it's a small price to pay when considering all their other advantages. So rather than listing the merits of mechanical watches here, I will simply provide a link to an article which has done a good job comparing the two types of movements.
It should be an enjoyable read: http://www.timezone.com/library/arch...03148375478424



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I'm wearing a Breitling Steelfish at the moment. It's the biggest watch I'd consider wearing. I've owned a Rolex before, and I will probably buy another some day, if the Lord continues to bless me. My wife bought me a cool Tag Heuer Alarm watch for Christmas.
Automatic watches, though, are a pain if you don't wear them everyday or put them on a winder. Kinda high-maintenance for what you pay.

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What's with all the watches?? I am a vintage watch ( chronograph) collector as well as a frag and sneaker freak..
I have managed to be a good boy sofar and did not discuss watches on basenotes, don't tempt me...