I'm going to get the back off this watch some time soon & post some pics of the movement, perhaps somebody will be able to identify it for me.
I bought the watch on the CQout auction site from a seller called "The Watch Store", has anybody else had any dealings with him?
Here is the posted watch description:
"THE MOVEMENT IS THE ETA-2824-25j AUTOMATIC WITH CHRONOGRAPH . THE WATCH IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL WATCH. IT HAS A SOLID STAINLESS STEEL BACK AND IS ENGRAVED WITH THE WORDS 'CHRONOGRAPHE CERTIFIE CHRONOMETRE, MANUFACTURE EN SUISSE ETANCHE 300M'. IT HAS THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS E13360 AND 644082 AND BREITLING 1884 AND THE BREITLING WINGS LOGO RAISED IN THE CENTRE.
THE FACE IS A VERY DISTINCTIVE CLEAN SHARP WHITE AND HAS A PERMANENT SECOND HAND AT 9 O’CLOCK. HOUR MARKERS ARE LUMINOUS COATED AS ARE ALL THREE HANDS. THE CASE IS A SUPERB FINISH HIGHLY POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL AND MEASURES 44MM EXCLUDING THE LUGS AND CROWN AND IS A MASSIVE 16MM DEEP. THE CROWN HAS THE BREITLING LOGO.
THE STRAP IS SUPER QUALITY HEAVY THREE LINK STAINLESS STEEL AND IT HAS A LOCK ON THE DEPLOYMENT CLASP FOR SAFETY. THE DEPLOYMENT FASTENING IS MARKED BREITLING 1884 WITH THE BREITLING WINGS LOGO. ADJUSTMENT TO THE STRAP LENGTH IS MADE BY THE CORRECT THREADED TWIN BOLTS AND NOT PUSH PINS AS ON THE CHEAPER VERSIONS OF THIS WATCH.
WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS WATCH. IT IS AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE REPLICA, MANUFACTURED TO THE SAME DIMENSIONS, USING THE SAME COMPONENTS AND WITH A SUPERB MOVEMENT EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL. YOU COULDN’T GET BETTER. THIS WATCH IS AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET WITHOUT BUYING THE ORIGINAL AND SPENDING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS."
A very convincing description when you're still new to the replica game.