cougaree

Isn't that if you drink two of those 18-year ones, you've gotten yourself a 36-year one?

Sorry, I'm being stupid Not a drinker myself.

Our Costco here only has Cartier, Tag and white dial Breitling SOSF ($1999).

Kasi: Size is no problem with me as I normally wear Skyland or SA. I was attempted on a blue one as well, but I don't know how accurate the blue is. Do you have any pictures of your blue one?

Chronoluvvv: Thanks for sharing with me your white one. It's really nice! It's my other choice. Do you know if the gen one is silver dial or white or off white like the SOSF?

Yeah, gen RXW is a homage of the original IMHO. I have never done any business with southerncross, I bought mine from the bay. The rep rep looks ok. Pretty good price. You can do some molding on it, but it will be difficult to find a sapphire crystal for it that looks like one on RXW. Vaccum makes pretty nice fiddy homages with sapphire crystals. He sells his for approx 600 bucks (two year old price)

Hi all,

Lately I have been wanting a Breitling Bentley Flying B. I know the rep may be thicker than gen, but it's just so hot! I like all the different colored dials, but I'm planning on only getting one. Could you please tell me which one is more closer to gen? Wrist shots are also appreciated (try to figure out how big it will be on my 7.5" wrist)!

Thanks!

This is a rep

Some links for you:

Gen is very nice, well finished. One thing I can tell rep from gen is the shape of the crown. On gen, the crown is very flat on top whereas it's some what domed on the rep. On the gen the sapphire creates interesting vertical distortion on the number 6 and 12.

Here is mine:

Ever since a Rolex dealer serviced mine, I have never opened my case. But, these are what I found on the web. Sometimes the best way to tell a rep from gen is to open the case. Good luck!

Thanks everyone for the comments. The bezel has not gotten loose in the slightest. There never was a sunken datewheel issue with the serie speciale that I am aware of. The movements are basically identical. Maybe more pictures of your problem would help us figure it out?

Thank you NaviChief! Here is mine. As you can see, the dw is sunken.

Thanks K! I have two coming on my way. Can't wait to show them off... you'll see

The bezel insert doesn't look gen to me, which leads me to question whether the case is gen.

Is this for sale or? Thanks!

Breitling Movement Base Movement

B01 Calibre Breitling, first and only in-house movement

B10 ETA 2892-A2

B11 Lemania 1873

B12 Lemania 187

B13 Valjoux 7750

B17 ETA 2824

B18 ETA 2892-A2

B19 ETA 2892-A2

B20 Valjoux 7750

B22 ETA 2892-A2

B24 Valjoux 7754

B26 ETA 2892-A2

B30 ETA 2892-A2

B33 ETA 2892-A2

B34 ETA 1185/86

B35 ETA 2892

B36 ETA 2892

B38 ETA 2892-A2

B39 ETA 2892-A2

B40 ETA 2892-A2

B41 ETA 2892

B42 ETA 2892

B43 Valjoux 7758

B44 ETA 2892

B45 ETA 2834-2

Note: The ETA 2892 movements used in Breitling chronographs have been modified by the addition of a chronograph module by Dubois/Depraz.[citation needed]

What about using a 2892 with a Dubois Depraz chrono module? Which Navi's had that movement (if any?)

It's in Bentley Flying-B Chronograph (Cal 44), Navitimer 92 (Cal 30), Navitimer Olympus (Cal 19), Navitimer Heritage (Cal 35), Navitimer QP 95 (Cal 18), Navitimer 1952 SE (Cal 41), Navitimer Spatiographe (Cal 36), Navitimer Twin Sixty (Cal 39), Navitimer Twin Sixty 2 (Cal 39), Navitimer Premier (Cal 40)...

They are pretty much all over the board with modified 2892 movement. The problem is, to franken Navitimer, one not only needs to source the movement, also the dial and correct case... That becomes difficult IMHO.

No the cases are different. The movements are the same, but the tricompax has extra transfer gears on top of the datewheel. The amount that the datewheel is recessed is equal to the amount that the crown tube has been moved toward the back of the case. Just imagine the transfer gears as a spacer of sorts, it pushes the entire movement back about one millimeter. So the case is modified to accept the movements new position. Because the 7753 has the same dimensions as a 7750, it will only fit in the 6,9,12 case.

The other issue is that the date window on a 7753 is slightly more outboard than a 7750, so the rep dial simply won't work with the 7753 movement, you need a gen dial. Lastly, there is no way to advance the date beyond durning the hour hand 24 complete rotation for each single day. I once had a Navi with a broken date set, and believe me, you don't want to do that.

Personally, build a perfect Navi, and put the date button at 10:00. Not perfect, but the best we'll get.

I don't mind that at all. Navitimer with date button, I can live with that.

this is a new can of worms for you; how about alloy's that they use for the watch and or PVD? that is direct contact skin-metal, metal is abrasive and has more impact to the skin then rubber straps. do we know what is really in the "iron". i know one thing; rep 316 steel isnt as half hard as real one. they are saying that but in real life materials used in reps are way softer. i am jeweler and not a technologist but i know what i know and something is fishy in rep alloys. i would be more afraid of titanium rep case if i was in your place.

Metal? That's interesting. I thought they are more stable than rubber... I'm no chemist, I could be totally off base. I certainly don't want anything that has lead in it at least.

most health issues will come from people handling the manufacturing not by wearing it. Again you will have a rash before any health effects happen. Relax and enjoy your watches.

I don't think you will necessarily develop a rash before anything happen. For example, birth control patches don't develop a rash, yet the chemical gets observed into your body. Some of them have been proven to be harmful.

Nice conversions there cougaree! That SOSF is stunning! I've got a custom Breitling project in the works myself. I'm sure no one can guess what it is....

Because you said no one could guess what that is... My guess is it's one of those vintage Breitling chronos.

Dude,

This is not a funny matter. Don't we all want to wear our favorite pieces with good health. I mean will it disturb you a little bit knowing something would harm you... I know we can get into a car accident or fall off stairs at any moment or do some stupid to cause immediate harm, but that still doesn't give permission to not care about the little things.

Oh good

Hmm... I don't use those neither...

But, I see your point. I guess what I worried about mainly on the rep rubber since they were not regulated by anybody. It's really up to the rep manufactures. The probably use the cheapest and widely available material they can find. As for the deodorants, I think they are regulated. I mean we won't buy rep deodorants.

From looking at the quality of the deployant and engravings, it doesn't look like gen to me. Since I don't have anything here to compare, I could be wrong though.

I use to not liking rubber straps at all, but for some reason they really look good on Breitling. Now I'm torn

Any doctors or chemists here??

Hi Pete,

I see. I hope a Navi will come out soon that has better case... Good luck with your search and project!

Cougaree

Seems to me there are some many materials to make rubber straps, silicone based vs natural rubber vs some other kind.

What made me starting to think about this topic was that I recently noticed there were warning labels on some of the black rubber stuff sold in the stores. The message is something like this rubber may contain lead or things, birth defect, etc, etc.

My question is should I be worried / cautious about the actual material that makes our favorite watch straps? The rep industries are certainly not bounded with any liabilities.

Any thoughts? Hopefully this is an interesting topic for you.

bwhitesox, thanks for sharing your watch! It's really nice! I was hoping to modify mine to become like yours. Now, it seems like I should just leave the way it is. The case is not right for any franken work. Nonetheless, the unmodified watch is still pretty nice actually. Does yours have sharp/rough to touch Breitling logo on the caseback?