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The Skyland for me on its new shoes;

If the single AR coatings are still avaialabe then that is all this needs, double AR (although it would look great) would make it inaccurate. The gen only comes with an internal coating, with no tint whatsoever.

Dont wait around to find out if there are QC issues because QC doesn't exist in the world of reps. 9/10 people could get a great watch and 1 can get a real bad one. Its the way reps work.

Very nice indeed. Pop a Swiss 7750 Datwheel in there and you're good to go.

Not really of any help, just a very biased opinion. The reps are good, espeically after a decent AR coating. Again wear it as a rep and you're fine, try and fob it off as a gen and you're instantly asking for trouble

We hardly had a summer here in the UK, in fact this Saturday was the best day of sunshine we have had, it was also recorded as the cloudiest August for a long time in the UKs history!

Nice pics. It looks like the same blue as my old Aerospace. It is a very slate blue, looks awesome in the flesh (as well as the pics)

You don't need to dig yourself deeper and deeper. You have talked about the watch, I can't see that the watch is now going to be the central point of every discussion. Even a watch fanatic won't keep asking questions about the same watch. Now that you have established some common ground it is likely you will talk about watches, but there is no reason for an in depth discussion of 'wow those lume dots look shoddy' Just wear it less, and wear a couple of reps, and when the topic crops up tell him that the one you are now wearing is a rep. He wont question you about the Skyland if you're honest about the opthers being reps. Because if you lie about your rep, and you come across someone that knows its a rep, you look like an @rse.

It looks like it might be. But for $420 it's way overpriced, you can pick up a used gen for just over $1000. I wouldn't go paying that much for a rep SMP. Thats the 2254.50. They look stunning on a Nato!

Personally I wouldn't come clean. It might make him think you are the type of person who is willing to tell white lies. Now don't take this the wrong way, we all buy reps, we're all living the lie He thinks it gen so run with it. He is very unlikely to spot it is a rep, and why would he have any reason to think it isn't a gen. This is merely to clean your conscience. Telling the truth in the first place would have been the right thing to do, however admitting it now might be the morally right thing to do, but it doesn't mean it is necessarily the correct decision to make. You can also still open up to him about reps. Many people, myself included have gens and reps, it's nothing out of the ordinary. I am pretty sure he couldn't give a damn whether it was a rep or a gen, and in going to him and admitting it is a fake, he might think your indecisive (not knowing what to say and then changing your mind), and that you might be covering other things up.

Quartz moonphase would suggest a replica. There were some genuine Navitimers that had a moonphase, but they would have used the automatic movement.

Congratulations, that is an amazing price, you have certainly found one fo the bargains of a lifetime!! Wear it well.

So I have owned this Skyland for roughly 4 weeks. It is by far the best rep I have owned, and it hasn't left my wrist since buying it. I personally believe that a Breitling looks best on leather. There is something about their design that just really suits the leather straps over a bracelet. I ordered the Skyland on the bracelet because it is much easier to own that version and source a strap than the other way round. At first, I saw pictures of the leather and the bracelet, and in pictures I think the Skyland looks better on a bracelet. I knwo in the felsh, my opinion would change. So I ordered the leather strap from Angus. First of all, the leather strap is a great replication, very accurate and for the price, very good quality. Now onto the pictures..... Before, on the bracelet; Now on the leather;

I ordered mine form Angus and Im in the UK, one of the best dealers here. Eurotimez will offer QC and can ship from within the EU for added security too.

I find the UPO sits quite high on the wrist, whereas the 42 sits perfectly. The UPO is a fantastic watch though! It depends on your wrist size and also what you are looking in a watch

Wonderful post, some great information there! "At one point I had over 400 IWC's in my collection" - That is one serious collection!!

As has been mentioned, read By-tors guide. The 4th gen PO would be your best starting point, then send the crystal off for a double AR coating, and you are good to go. Not as good as some of the reps we are seeing today, but still a great rep nonetheless. If you want to go one step further, a genuine bezel insert would look great.

Nope, but there is no point in risking an outisde dealer, when there are ample dealers to choose from here who are known to be trusted

To be honest, you have to wear it as a rep, if you want to go around pretending its a gen all well and good, but you have to remember there will be flaws even with V52. Its a 200USD watch with a cheap movement, not a 12k watch with a unique 7 day power reserve. If you are willing to pay 200USD for it, then do it and be happy with it.

+1 Very nice pics too!

I think it looks really nice. As with all Bentley's, it's very 'in your face'. I'm not too keen on the way the strap connects to the lugs, it looks ok when there's a bracelet there, but with the strap on the white on it looks odd to me.

Great review again Lani. I would love to buy this watch, it does look good, but the price is what is putting me off.

Nice picture. I can't remember the location, but that looks like the area in the USA where they place all of the decommissioned aircraft.

There has never been a chrono quartz Speedmaster. Don't go calling him out though.

Looks like the Concord has hit the slippery slope too