FxrAndy

Glad you got this in , it is a pain when you have to wait for something that is a gift for someone, i had to from a different collector for a gift for my mum but she was thrilled with it late or not! I hope you son will be too.

Hi from Germany

Now here is a question, would a collector stand by his product and offer up the watch to be tested??????????

At the very least the dealer should give you a replacement watch just for the trouble you went to in this, I humble volenter to start a museum for these abused super reps once TheMuck has finished with them , well done in all this if we had a POM award then it is yours!

SFSO most definatly!!!!

I would say the movement, there is a little lever arangement under the date wheel set up and if one of those has jumped out it will not quick set, i had a right pain trying to sort this part, i would recomend buying a new movement at

Judging from the findings of TheMucks test i am sticking with my original call that i think this is a "super rep", even is we disagree on this we have to say that this is a "superwatch" for the money!

I quite like is as it is very understated for a breitling but that mesh band,

That is correct just get the 2183 swap over the date overlay and fit it in

well mine has with stood swimming in the pool and a steam room, wet rides on a harley and every thing else i do on a normal day, 1000m? dont know but it is good enough for me.

I am most impressed with this, i was not going to buy another rolex but i might just have to get one of these just because of this test.

TJ nice and different design very distinctive, i ahve not had any work done for a long time and the person i want ed to carry on the work i have has just suffered very bad burns in a fire so he will be out for about a year, i will have a look for some photos later

I have used thin chamois before,

Well you can get the date wheel from lello, but you cant forget that it is a rep! 1 to 1 is just a sales pitch, just like fuel consumption figures for a new car, just try to achive it your self!

Have a look at this offering from Kadloo a german distributor, now i am prety sure that these watches would originate in the east so if that is the case then look at the similaritys between the Kadloo mediterainian and the brietling superocean heritage. Looking at this i recon that the super ocean heritage is on the way and welcome it!

I have shaken one cheep aqua terra rep to bit on the harley on a run to UK a few years ago but apart from that the rest have been good. I have used reps for just about every thing, biking, swimming, sailing, climbing and one of the hardest on them all drinking. Today i was out running for a few kms wearing a loose (it was about 3 degC and i was just wearing a t shirt so imagine how thin my wrist were compared to useual) EX2 from silix, the same one that with stood the steam room the other week, it was getting a right shaking as i dragged my ass round the test, still working, just think though the stresses you give you watch just giving the old teath a good scrub for those of us that still have them

@ Macscac I would say that your stem is too long or too short, in one case pushing the movement and in the other pulling it, i had a similar case with my custom noob, took me ages to work it out but mine was too short i think it was, i had two stems and crowns there and assembled it with the wrong one, i messed with the hands and the settings as i thought it was a problem there untill i picked up the other stem and then it struck me i had been using the wrong one.

The font on the date wheel is wrong, the ingy one is made by IWC but the rep has the standard ETA chiss one. I cant coment on the watch as a whole yet as i have ordered mine and it will be here in a week or two. How the movements compare well could you compare a normal ford engine with lamborgini engine, lucily in this case they are both designed to run the same speed, the hour hang must go round in 12 hours and the min hand in 60 mins, the balence to work at 28800hz. The short hands issue has been resolved by the fact that there are land and short hand versions in the gen as well. The bezel issue should be able to be resolved by turning it with a case back removal tool. From what i have heard the new double AR version is just the old one with some AR. I look forward to reciving mine and will be able to tell you more

Silix will sort you out, you may need new spring bars but i think he ships them with the strap now.

Looks great, now go and have a beer and congratulate your self and wear it with pride

Took this one today as my wife has nicked the fish again

Welcome back to the boards and the best one at that!

I am only a poor man so with the new fiddy price it would only be about 60k

Welcome Deep1 and Tnakaski, you will enjoy your time here as i am sure you now know.

Thanks Pug