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Congrats mate! My black Navi is my favorite watch - even with the well known flaws - since I got it 5 month ago. I'm preferring the black leather strap, but that's only personal taste... Wear your Navi well, and let's cross our fingers that the rumors for a new decent Navi rep in autumn this year are true...

The best answer for anybody questioning if the watch if fake or real I read on the forums: "it is ticking , it tells the time, so yeah, it's a real watch"...

Great, just in 6 weeks?! Curious what your collection will be in 1 year...

I'm proud of wearing my reps, and all of my friends and colleagues are knowing that my watches are reps because I told them. And really, they admire me for my possibilities and knowledge for getting high quality reps from the other side of the planet, so many asked me to get them also a decent rep... The forum, the TDs, high quality reps, the whole procedure, this is a really fascinating shadow world, nearly nobody knows about these things - they only know about the cheap crap reps which you can buy at the beach or in Canal street. So you can tell interesting stories to your good friends, and for sure they will be fascinated about your rep know-how.

Just made some quick shots with Galaxy S3 camera... Sorry, not "high arts in photography" but maybe enough to get an idea about AR on B01...

Sorry, did not make any pictures yet... Maybe someone can chime in here?

Congrats mate!!! Both rep and gen are awesome watches. Wear them well! Can confirm, the combination white dial and brown leather with white stitching looks great - I have a white dial Montbrilliant 01 and replaced the SS bracelet with a brown strap, and will never change back...

Cy, sorry, missed it in your post just 1 above mine... : confused:

Very happy with double AR on my Skyland Avenger (from Trusty)! Nice blue hue in strong lighting, and in most cases the crystal is nearly invisible. Also very good double AR with blue hue on Chronomat B01 (also from Trusty). Weak AR on Navitimer and Montbrilliant 01.

If you know about the trick (2 screws!) it is really easy. Did this about 2 month ago, and googled how to shorten Breitling bracelets. I found a very good site: www.breitlingsource.com which explains a lot for our Breits... On YouTube there are also some videos tutorials. Btw, this site is of course for gens, but works also for reps

I would ask if they have a problem with reps or not... Did this in a similar watch shop in a mall, and for them it was ok because they don't sell brands like Breitling, Rolex etc. But everyone / every shop may have an different view to this, so you'll have to find it out... And for easy tasks like changing or shorten a bracelet: get yourself some basic tools like small screwdrivers and special tools (spring bar tool), watch some videos explaining how to do, and do it yourself. It's not so complicated, even I was able to learn that...

Buying from a TD ensures that you will get best available quality for a fair price. If you make an order with a TD remember to make UK transshipment - it will cost about $25 in addition, but due to strict customs in EU countries it is essential! If a TD sends the parcel directly from China to Italy customs will seize it for 100%!

Well said SSTEEL! I started a few month ago, spending 1-2 hours with reading per day for a couple of weeks, and then I felt I am ready for making my first order. And everything went fine! Warning: this hobby IS very addictive!!! ;)

I think the price is really ok! You said right, it is not the most accurate rep, but all the Navitimers has flaws (sunken datewheel, not aligning slide rule, too less AR...) - all of us Navi-fanboys are waiting & waiting & waiting for a decent rep of it. Btw, I started in this hobby also with a low-end rep from holidays in Greece, a Breitling for Bentley. And now I'm deeeeep into this addiction! Also, getting a Navitimer is really hard/impossible at the moment, there are several posts that they are not being made any more. So enjoy your Navi, wear it well mate!

Don't worry about PP payment to another store. Made 3 orders & payments in the last months, and had the same. TDs accepting PP are rare these days, just because some new and over-nervous buyers open PP disputes and so PP shuts down the dealers' accounts (dealing with counterfeit goods). So using another PP account which has nothing to do with (rep) watches is just for protecting the TD so that he will be able to give us buyers the option to pay with PP now and in the future. Andrew is a honest guy, you are in safe hands. Many more experienced members than me will surely confirm this!

Great looking watch, and also great story behind! Congrats, and wear your Ebel well!

Firstomy, I came to this place a few month ago, and I knew nothing about TDs & movements - 21J, 25J, A7750, ETA, 2836, high beat, low beat etc etc. But... All this information can be found HERE! Just read, read, read and use the search. All your questions has been pretty sure answered here somewhere at least one time... If you don't have the time to do so, or you are not really interested in this kind of stuff, you should probably better go for a gen...

Also my experience from recent order with Andrew: no Navitimer and no Montbrilliant01 available... Needed them for friends of mine - I think I am very lucky that I ordered these watches for myself a couple of month ago!

Best advice: take some time, read the valuable info here, learn, read again and so you will step into this addictive hobby! I am also quite new here, but after MUCH reading for about 3 weeks I felt that I gathered enough knowledge to place my first order. And all went fine... All the info here and the shared experiences from other members are FREE, so just use it!

I did my first ever rep purchase with Puretime, and got very good watches (regarding the price!). Buying reps is always a kind of adventure - occasional problems MAY happen, but when you stick with the TDs there will be a solution. Also keep in mind the language barrier, the differences in culture & working conditions/motivation when talking to the staff of a TD. Simply adjust/lower your service expectations and also the expectations about the watches. The TDs are selling illegal stuff, the price is about <5% of the gen, and you will get a watch which is around 90-95% close to the gen. Looks to me like a good deal, isn't it? If you are looking for perfection in customer service and watch quality then you are completely wrong in the rep game, and you should buy gens...

...hoping that this rumor is true! Long time till then, but a new & decent rep is really needed...

Oh no, we all here just don't allow stop reping the iconic Breitling without making a new super-rep of this watch!!!!! Let's start a flash-mob! ;)

Just to be sure... No Navitimer-Rep anymore???

Ordered from Puretime in Oct last year: some issues with payment with Western Union, but after resolving that very smooth transaction. Got QC pics, fast shipping, got tracking number, and good quality of the watch. Sometimes there are some delays in communication, but nothing serious - you do need patience for this kind business, even it's sometimes hard... Go for the new version with Asian 7753 movement - I'm pretty sure that you will be very happy with this watch and movement! I can also recommend Trustytime: lightning fast communication - even on Sundays, and a really outstanding customer service. But I don't know if Trusty (Andrew) can get this watch within a reasonable time; email him and ask mhim for availability.! You can't go wrong with this two TD!

Damned! As a Breitling fanboy I will have sleepiness nights because of this beauty! Another unbeatable argument for make a new bunch of Navitimer reps - superreps!!!! 1. regular Navitimer with decent AR, superlume and A7753 2. Navitimer blue sky 3. This blackly damned good looking version For all 3 I would make a pre-order immediately!!! So come on you guys at noob & B-52 factory: rep these 3 and you will sell them like hell!!!! :)