woody

Let those folks alone with their own opinions. The less they know and understand about this little corner of the watch collecting hobbies, the better off we will all be. Lets be sure to give this guys brother a warm welcome when he gets here.

Cheers

PS, I didn't know we were all Russian mob here .

It's more like Chinese mob if you ask me......hahaha

Good read as always from gen forums......and that and the fact that all of our watches are quartz movements! yay!

hxxp://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=126536

remove the 2 x's and add the 2 t's...you know what to do.

there are no replicas that are swiss made. that silly dealer is lying to you. next thing we know they're going to tell you that their reps are grade 1, or A+. stay away from those, and do a little search and you will find what you're looking for, at much better prices.

good luck, and welcome.

Hey Woody, did you read my article of the Discovery?

Link.

Pretty much explains the rep.

I do see the link, I am just afraid to click it, and then having to read through it. I know that with high probability that once I get done with the article, I would go, "how can I secure funds to get the watch?" haha, so that's what I'm afraid of. with that being said, I'm sure I will read it by some time tomorrow!

Ebel Discovery 1911 rep is considered by some as the finest rep currently made.

lalalaalalaal, I can't hear you! haha. I knew that was coming too. I guess I might have to look at my collection and see if I need to sell something then, the contrast on those subdials gets better every time!

I don't believe it! They have finally arrived!!!

@Henrik - you've got a PM my friend!

WHAT?!!!! lol, congrats guys, now let's see if I would get my copy, and I think I am the only one left. is that right? any other members have not received theirs?

wow look at all those pictures of the ebel discovery. that thing is looking nice. how is the bracelet on that, can anyone comment on that? is it pretty solid, and well built?

I would prefer you guys just tell me that it is a bad rep, and I will never have to start "wandering". it's a bad rep right, guys?

she asked for my shipping address as well, I've provided them, and that's when I got the email from today. It sure is a long wait....

US regular mail or US registered mail only. I'd recommend registered, because you'd have a tracking number. And USPS does a good job on registered mail I'd say.

well, I got a reply today that they thought that perhaps USPS had lost my package, and they will see if there is replacement to be sent. We'll see if there will be new developments from this.....

Woody actually got the best SFSO rep that I've ever seen from Joshua. Check this.

I'd say that's as good as it gets.

that one was as good as it gets, but as of now, it is on its way back to China. there are issues with the movement, as it would either lose time, or sometimes it can just stopped running...then with a twist of the wrist it would run again. or the power reserve is pretty awful at maybe a little over 24 hours on a full wear of 2 days. I told Josh of all of this problems, and he told me to send it back for repair. so off she went.

before I contacted Josh, I contacted Angus, and he was telling me that he was out of supply from the factory. perhaps the one I got from Josh, was one of the last few. But Angus did tell me that they will start producing it in a month of so. So I would say check with Angus, and good luck.

Just received another updated reply.....although, this was from my second email to them. it looks like a different person that did the reply.

Dear (woody at RWG) lol:

I would like to apologize for the delay, this item has shipped and is in transit to you. We are currently experiencing a problem our tracking system and the tracking number has not been properly updated. Please allow a few more days to receive this item. If you do not receive it over the next few days please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you,

Miriam

The Support Team

www.1SaleADay.com

well, guess we'll have to wait another few more days.

Just got an email from the company asking me if I still have not received my books. So, finally some sort of response from them.

haha red, me too! took them over a week to reply to an email inquiry. never again will I buy another thing from them. I just hope that they can straighten this out for me, before I have to email paypal.

I still don't have mine

Glad I stumbled across this thread. I'm still waiting for mine too. I ordered way back on 3/9, and I've contacted their customer service department FOUR times now. I keep getting the same BS stock response that "we are having issues with our tracking system, but it has been shipped." Yeah, right. I know when I'm being jerked around.

It's glad to see at least SOMEONE actually got this book. Anyone else get theirs in the mail yet???

at least you got some BS reply. I've emailed them twice & no response. I then complained to them directly to their twitter feed, & they just said that someone from their customer service department will get back to me. I really think it's time to take up my paypal with them....

I'm wearing this one. Just for today, nothing too fancy.....

I have regulated all of my reps. but with my gens, I tend to be a little worried about cracking them up. the watch came with all paperwork, including the recent "basic service". I have a feeling that basic is not an overhaul at all. probably just a lookover and make sure nothing is out of the ordinary. but I even have that Breitling receipt where the previous owner said it was running fast. when I am not wearing it at night, I have the watch on the crown up position, hoping that it will slow it down somewhat. of course I'll wait til sunday and see how bad the deviation may be. I hope it is not too bad.

How fast was it running before it was sent in? If it was running faster, say +15 or +20, then at least the movement has been regulated and adjusted, (just not monitored and adjusted enough ) If it was running at +10 when it went in, I'd at the very least go back and make them aware that you're aware that the movement is still running fast, despite the fact you paid a service bill to have the timing adjusted. I've heard about movements 'settling down', but never really observed it much myself. For the most part, adjusting the timing is one of the first things I will do with a watch, after all, it's no good to me if it's not telling accurate time (within reason for a mechanical movement, of course) Maybe a movement expert could chime in about if you should give it a month to settle in before taking it back, but one thing's for sure, as above, +10 is not really acceptable for a professionally serviced COSC spec movement which was adjusted for running too fast. I'm not saying they should have sent it back at +0.2, but at least +5 would have been more reasonable and within the COSC boundary... Best of luck getting it resolved

well I got it from another member on the gen forum. He told me that the warranty is up, and he would send in to Breitling for a maintenance and then sell it to me. I asked him how fast the watch was running, and this is before he sold the watch and had Breitling do the "basic service". he told me it was at around +5. I was thinking for a COSC watch, we are just about at that borderline of falling out of the spec. but I figured since he is sending it in, it ought to get better. keep in mind, the previous owner told me that he did not get to wear the watch often. so his memory could be off. I just wonder if I take it to my local AD, if they are going to [censored] about it, cause I didn't buy it from them, and I hate dealing with snobby dbags in general....lol. I set the watch Sunday evening, and the watch has not stopped since then, I will do a final tally by this Sunday and see how far off I am.

so far, both of my swiss 7750s, which I have tested for 1 full week of wear, is at 0, and +1 respectively. This Breitling will be no where near it, but I wanted to make sure it will not be over a minute fast either, cause that will be just sad.

let me know if you hear more Red, because I emailed them through their website, and have not heard back from them at all. Thanks.

Heh, and my super franken SA with gen B13..... is the only chrono I have that DOESN'T reset perfectly to 12!!

I know chief, it's crazy isn't it? I certainly would think that you buy gen to have a more fine tuned movement, careful to details. But I wonder if they ever did any time testing! or additional QC for that matter

+10?? Totally unacceptable on a COSC rated watch, especially if it was being looked at specifically because it was running fast anyway... One would hope that the person looking at it would have thought "Hmmmm, this watch is running fast, so I'll try and tune it as close as possible within COSC..." If I can get an a21j to +0.2 a day, with nothing more complex than a set of dishwashing gloves, a toothpick and a radio-controlled clock, what's their excuse? Best of luck getting them to take care of it (and hopefully under the original service payment )

Teejay, I am surprised as well. I don't know whether or not I should wear it for a month, and see if the movement would settle down, then see if it is still +10 per day. The original bill was for a maintenance before the 2 year warranty is up, so Breitling did it for free. on the breitling bill, it said "basic service" and then a bunch of gaskets and tubes were replaced I believe. but if the watch was sent in, stating "running fast" I would think it should now run slower, or at least closer to COSC specs. now do I need to wear this for a month? is there such a thing to get movements "settle down"?

I was just going to ask the same thing! very poor service from their end. It said on the site, that my book was shipped on 3/9. but they do not provide any tracking number, and I have never received any notice from USPS or UPS that a package has been delivered to my leasing office.

it would be interesting to see if others have received their book. I have contacted their email support twice now. no replies thus far. I am losing patience with these guys, and thinking that I might have to deal with paypal soon.....

yes nanuq, forget about the rolex bill, we want to hear about scary mary more....

well thought out post by BT and everyone. I am in the same boat. The past few months I have bought a few gens, and a Josh Swiss SOSF (which by the way, have some movement problems, I have to get in touch with him about this). but I got a chance to look at the bill that Breitling would charge for a service on their chrono. and let's just say that are charging 3 times more than what Zig charge. and Rob if you are reading this, please disregard that last sentence! I mean it is just crazy! personally I'd trust Zig more, but the advantage of a Breitling service would be that they would have parts handy if it needs to be replaced.

my gen had received a basic service from Breitling just last month. I do not think it's an overhaul. It was sent in because it was running fast, and now that I got it back. it is running at +10 per day. Pretty lame for a COSC watch that Breitling claim, I'd say. I am debating whether or not to go back to AD and tell them to send it up again. When we would have A7750 or ETA 7750 that runs well within COSC range, you have got to admire that. and I guess we are all spoiled by good reps and good gens. Gens because we want the finer finish, and reps because we have been spoiled by super reps.

but think about when any of us get that first rep sub back in the 90s, and what we are getting these days. How can you not appreciate reps and how far we've come? this is still exciting time to me!

Roma, great review.

so does this mean you will order a gen crown? will it fit since you have gen movement inside? or does it require further modification?

very nice! enjoy that nice bracelet!

and the watch of course too!

BT, the only thing I would worry about "IF" I were to pull the trigger is that the guy has not been on breitling source a whole lot, so anybody who are interested, please be sure to check for references.

but yes, this is the best deal I have ever seen on a SOSF. The lowest I have seen in the past is maybe $1650+ with bracelet.