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SD4K, would you be so kind and let us know your wristsize ? I am currently inquiring

Thx, I've always liked the BCE as well, but not enough to get one. Maybe I was a bit disturbed by the subdials design and fonts. For me, the BB just wiped the small things which disturbed me. And once more "black is just beautiful"...

Strange it was never repped, as the manual that comes with Breitling rep boxes is a Crosswind one.

Wow... I'm so breathless about both your review and the rep I could go and dive NOW

Thx for that SD4K, I think you made my day. I'm in love with this watch and was really desperate it would never be for me due to a huge size (44 is really, I mean really the biggest size I can wear). And your objective description of the situation makes me think I might give it a try.

True, that would be awesome for a real usage in water... I can't (and don't want to) imagine how chunky it would be with a bracelet...

As far as the low-beat movement is concerned, I don't take this as a drawback anymore since The Zigmeister explained that the high-beat is not to be considered as superior, just as different. Of course, sweeping will suffer of that, but that won't prevent me from purchasing a watch.

The fine regulator makes it look more like the real thing, but it seems definitely confirmed that it does not work.

Again, thank you for sharing your time and experience.

Be aware that he could be selling you a rep so it is best to complete the transaction at an AD who is willing to verify the authenticity of the watch. Let us know what happened.

Detailed pictures could do the job to check if it's a rep or not.

Also an easy way : on the rep, you set the date with the crown, like on any A7750. On the gen it is a recessed pusher which does that as far as I know. Picture of the movement alone would be the best tell, as it's true that the rep is otherwise very very accurate.

Be also aware that the gen costs about 3000 USD. Any offer under 1000 is being suspicious.

For those who wonder, here is a rough size comparison with the SFSO. The BB looks bigger, wears about the same but actually is slightly smaller in size (diameter).

As you see, the finish of the inner side of the SFSO strap looks much much better. It is.

I bought it on ebay for about 90 EUR. I've seen there are still some available from time to time on ebay.de for instance

hxtp://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=festina+mambo&category0=

4. Get the rep ?

I'm still making up my mind for one of the reps. There are so many small issues on the CD.

If the rep manufacturers make this one better, I would go for it.

I often have questions about this strap, and I'm really ashamed that I don't remember where it comes from. That was on *bay for sure, but I have never found the seller again.

@LordRasta :I wear the PAM rarely, but I think there must be one in every collection. It's a very simple unmodded version from Silix.

@DemonSlayer : I would be curious to know if the Quartz has the same case as the A7750 version. On the pictures, it seems so. If the parts fit, we could have spare bezels, straps and clasps for an acceptable price through this version.

Omega Railmaster Ltd Edition

Movement : Asian clone of ETA 2824-2

Festina Classic with seconds@6

Movement : Quartz

Breitling Blackbird

Movement : A7750 with seconds@3

Breguet Tourbillon Regulateur

Movement : Liaoning 5010 flying tourbillon

Oris Carlos Coste

Movement : A7750 low-beat

Panerai 243 Submersible

Movement : A7750 high-beat

Hi Folks,

I was just willing to update my Collection's thread, but it seems I've reached the limits of pics that can be displayed in the same post.

So I had to share the whole in 2 posts... or reduce my collection.

Guess what I chose ?

I'm not unproud to share my favorite pictures of my collection, as of today.

MontBlanc Timewalker GMT

Movement : Swiss ETA 2836-2

Vacheron Constantin Overseas

Movement : Swiss ETA 2834-2

Trias Perpetual Calendar Skeleton

Movement : Asian Auto 20J Trias T282-12

Tag Heuer SLR

Movement : Miyota OS20 Quartz

Festina Mambo Chronograph

Movement : Quartz

Philippe PATEK 5070 White gold plated

Movement : Copy of the Venus 175 handwind Chronograph (actually Seagull ST-19, often incorrectly described as a Lemania)

Breitling Steelfish Super Ocean

Movement : Asian auto 2813 (Miyota 8215 clone)

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Movement : Swiss ETA 2824-2

Tissot PRS-516

Movement : Swiss ETA 2836-2

Breitling Navitimer Two-Tone

Movement : Quartz

Vacheron Constantin Power Reserve

Movement : Asian Auto 21J

Hublot Big Bang "Lite Edition"

Movement : A7750 Low beat

Vacheron Constantin Malte Chronographe

Movement : Seagull ST-19

Tag Heuer Aquaracer

Movement : Quartz

Baume & Mercier Riviera XXL

Movement : A7750

Omega De Ville Co-axial Chronograph

Movement : A7750

Montblanc Sports Chrono

Movement : A7750

Porsche Design P6340 Automatic Chronograph

Movement : A7750 High beat

IWC Ingenieur

Movement : Swiss ETA 2834-2

Vacheron Constantin Malte Retrograding Perpetual calendar

Movement : Asian 21J

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I thought that some of you might be interested in how the bracelet looks like...

Here are the lume shots.

The hands, pearl and main markers are of a correct level.

The hours markers are a standard rep lume, i.e. pretty weak. The SFSO is far over the BB as far as lume is concerned.

As you see also, the pearl is not immaculate. But this cannot be seen by naked eyes. The BCE pearl mod could become a must, if someone had a source.

Thx all

St

The missing wristshot...

Dealers tend to mention 44,5 because this is the original specification from the genuine. Again, misunderstandings are raised now

And that's the way it should be : parts are most likely compatible, as the model 2 was repped from the model 1...

Thx for the update.

Hi Folks,

I've been owning this beauty for about a week now, so even if I have not really cooled down, I wished to share my feelings on it for the week-end

I won't go into a a rep/gen comparison, as honestly, Andreww has done this in a perfect and extremely professional way, much better than what I would ever be able to do. I don't have enough Breitling knowledge nor I own a gen

Click here for Andreww's thread

If I would be asked to make it short, I would say that this replication is a real success, but there are 3 visible flaws (I'm exluding the movement) :

- wider datewindow size on the rep

- off-center pearl, although the recent batches were improved (not perfect yet)

- the bezel is slightly misaligned (at least on mine)

Before sharing my pictures, I will comment the Blackbird as a watch, as I think several members' experiences will help those who hesitate (St

ahh. i see. did not know that. i would have been 8yrs old when they had those problems.

nice little tid-bit of rep history...thank ya!

Plated copper still exist... We don't see it from our dealers, but I saw some. Cheap gens as well.

There seem to be 1 gen model without this dial crossing. Can it be that the manufacturer just chose this one ??

If they make the whole range, we'll maybe have one correct rep. However, the most popular (black/red) is definitely off.

The subdials crossing was done on the quartz version with a simple OS20 movement, it must have been surely possible with the 7750 in a way or an other, even if not perfect. Making the subdial@6 larger for instance.

If I understand the technical obstacles with the 7750, that flaw makes unfortunately the rep look odd and kills it from the beginning : it changes the aesthetics of the watch. I don't understand.

The quartz is also advertized at 40mm : it must indeed be a different way of measuring, as the limit between the crown/pushers and the case is not clear. 44 COULD be WITH crow.

I can't get to see any pictures. Any link ? Thx