hackR Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Enjoy - R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subbiesrock Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 That looks like it's had some AR goodness, care to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 My favorite!! Love the pics, but you seem to be missing the crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 That looks like it's had some AR goodness, care to share? Looks genuine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Sweet indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hot hot damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importr Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Ah-ha! A great improvement! I see you have the 4.5 datewheel fitted there... Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 thanks, Gents... it's amazing what a little chieftang double ar and Z's transplant of an eta 4.5 datewheel makes... this older version has the low-beat 7750 and a decorated rotor, too...runs smoothly and accurately...and the sunken nature of the dw in its window is less with this movement than the high beat... IMO, this one is a classic Navitimer - the arabic dial in black is simply classic Breitling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eton Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Man, that's fine!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Mike Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Man that is money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 It has Lord By-Tor thinkin it was gen... Now all I need is "approval" from andreww and i'll be complete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Really nice Rob,you know what you need next,the white dial with arabic numerals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Really nice Rob,you know what you need next,the white dial with arabic numerals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'd post mine but then they'd call us Breitling buddies (or Navi nannies) besides mine's a lot plainer anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nice one hackR! Really looks great with that datewheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 before pix... movement pix...pretty, huh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divisible Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 wow, love this navitimer - care to share where you got this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 @divisible --> old skool model, long since discontinued and rare to find in the wild...haven't seen this version - sticks and/or arabic for sale in a very long time...added chieftang's double ar and an eta 4.5 datewheel...its a low beat a7750 movement, which actually lessens the sunken'ness of the datewheel in the window than the newer high beat a7750... i have a definite preference of arabic (numbered) dials over stick dials...and IMO, besides the Fighters Series Navis (brushed 6-9-12 models), this piece defines what the Breitling brand is all about... its one piece, i'll never part with it...its why i discovered RWG and this crazy world we play in... R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Looks awesome Rob. Its funny, I was reading a thread at RG yesterday where a newbie Navitimer fan wanted an opinion of the Navitimer rep. The guys over there had simply nothing good to say about it. We all know that it isn't perfect, but after owning mine for about 6 years I still wear it more often than any other watch and have yet to be called out on it. Today's rep enthusiasts are a different breed for sure, and are more concerned about perfection than the actual beauty of a watch. Anyway, if I can find me a Breitling datewheel mine's going of to Zig for the same treatment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 hey A... totally agree with you, my friend!...these pieces aren't perfect, but they wear and look terrific...an absolute classic... figuring a breitling date wheel - especially a 4.5 - would be nearly impossible to find, i went with an eta...and as you can see, it makes a world of difference from the older rep one...worth a swap, for sure...the key is just to not wear this watch days 1-9...lol... i just went over to RG and read that thread...clueless people... R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Sweet watch, looks great! Why not use the Breitling font date disc as an overlay onto the date disc below, that would work, no? You would just need to trim both discs down a little bit to create enough room, or even better, get the date raise mod done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 hey Mick... which Breitling date font disk are you referring to?...thought most rep or "reid" Breitling date fonts discs/datewheels were secs@3?...haven't ever seen a 4.5 one...the secs@3 datewheel has a different alignment and will not display right in a 4.5 date window... not sure if i'm missing anything here?!... R- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Would a 3:00 datewheel be that far off? The way I figure it a datewheel is 360 degrees. With 31 numbers, thats about an 11.5 degree rotation per digit. As the date on the tricompax is at a 45 degree angle, that would mean that the date would read from the number 4 digets down which would be at an angle of roughly 46.5 degrees. Would 1.5 degrees really be that noticeable? anybody tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Sweet watch, looks great! Why not use the Breitling font date disc as an overlay onto the date disc below, that would work, no? You would just need to trim both discs down a little bit to create enough room, or even better, get the date raise mod done Really don't think their would be any room for an overlay Mickey. That transfer gear bridge is pretty tight and anything thicker than the original datewheel is probably going to bind up. I really don't understand why the manufacturer hasn't done a proper datewheel for this one. They did a proper one for the PO Chrono for christ sakes, why not the Navi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpie007 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Looks damn nice R! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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