Good time to buy your Gen. Check out what I picked up today. !

[andreas-rep]

Hi all

Not posted on the Breitling forum before. Hope this is useful

I cannot gurantee this but I went to my local AD today (they sell Rolex, Breiitling, Omrga, Tag) And was told by their sales exec that Breitling had just anounced a 15% pricedrop on all their current models. Breitling will start selling some new ranges soon which will use their own new in-house movements.  (including their own in-house Quartz movt range that will be priced starting at £4000. Don't know if they will sell well)

I went into the AD looking to buy

An Omega Speedmaster. So, he had no

Reason to make this up. 

On several of the gen watch forums' buyers' guides they advise to aim to pay 15% below the sticker price for Breitling watches from the AD's. (visiting several dealers with internet printouts of cheapest prices, playing dealers off against eachother)

Unfortunately for me the AD near me is the only one for miles around and is known for charging maximum full price on all watches.

But if you lived in London for example,  This could possibly mean up to 30% off the window price. 

If your considering a gen Breitling now would be a great time to start looking.

While I was at the AD after trying on the Speedmaster, which looked and felt eerily similar to the rep. I noticed several of their Breitlings (with 15% off) were now around the price of the Speedmaster.

I tried a few and my clear favorite was the SuperOcean 2. 5000ft. It was luming up whilst under the bright lights of the jeweler. Amazing lume.

I got a price drop from £3250 to £2600. A little over 15%. And I didn't need much more persuading than that.

Heres the new addition to my family. I think she's a beaut.

Took these pics on phone.  very ropey quality when light get dim

I never really was too keen on this watch as a rep.  But trying it on in real life. The idea behind it and the design all became clear.

I hope this has been useful and you enjoyed the eye candy. Im getting my digital SLR camera out tomoz. If anyone is interested to see more of this watch I can post some decent pics. Let me know.

[polexpete]

Thats a beauty congrats. I'm wearing my yellow rep and you made me realise how good the rep really is. Would love a gen bracelet for mine, wish the factories would make one too ...

[FDG]

Is it true that breitling switched from blue AR to colorless AR? Looks like that on your watch. Also the new breitling reps have colorless AR

Btw: congrats on that beautifully watch!!

[browngo1]

Wasn't too keen on these when they came out, but they're starting to grow on me.

That really is very nice.

[andreas-rep]

Thanks guys.

The AR has a Blue tint actually. But only when it's under direct light. Most of the time it has that 'invisible crystal' look of good clear AR where the lack of any reflection makes it appear as if there is no glass on the watch.

I'm just taking some pics with my SLR and will upload shortly.

[prospex44]

Congrats on an awsome pick-up! I think this looks amazing on the bracelet as well!

[andreas-rep]

Thanks guys. Great to hear that. 

Here are some pics taken from my SLR camera. 

I have not had the rep of this to look at yet but looked closely at all the pics I could find. They have done a way better than standard job of cloning it. I can't beleive the rep even has the screws in the bezel. 

With a couple of modifications the rep would be pretty close to 1:1.  I've outlined some of the 'tells' I've noticed so far, so that solutions can start to be thought about by those reading this who have the means to do that. 

Because i dont have the rep,  i have relied on photos which leaves a margin for error. 

I have listed some other possible 'tells'  i got from looking at the photos of the reps, but these may be wrong, and just not have come out in the photos I was looking at. 

I put the Superocean down next to my DSSD and noticed the case is similar.

Top down view there are similarities in the case to the submariner also.  

Lovely domed crystal. Drool,

 I can't find a side view on any websites to see if the rep has a domed crystal. 

I would be very impressed if the reps have a 1:1 crystal. And the fitting matched 

Domed crystal has lens effect like the DSSD. when looking side on at the crystal you can see magnification effect. 

The magnification distortion can only be noticed from an acute angle though. As soon as you look at it from an angle a few degrees higher, it looks as if the dome has disappeared. 

The dial is an excellent piece of design. 

After looking at the rep, Another couple of tells I noticed were the slight glossiness on the rep dial. 

The gen dial reflects no light at all. The. Colour stays even. Doesn't shine. 

The small logo on the dial very detailed. Markers are very chunky.  

AR has subtle blue tint

Caseback nice. 

The lume glow is totally contained and doesn't reflect on any part of the watch, the rehaut, Or glossy inner edge of bezel etc. That's amazing.

Here's the rep image I used as reference for the 'tells' 

The main tell is the slight gloss properties to the dial. This results in a gradint of colour round the angled edge of the dial, which is lighter colour fading to darker. The gen has a true matt dial that keeps thr same colour hue.

Also, the dial markers are reflecting on the metal

on the inner edge of the bezel - that's what the top left circle is referring too. A lot of reps have this problem though.

B

Edited March 5, 2012 by andreas-rep

[andreas-rep]

Forgot to say. - the other tell which the bottom red circle was referring to in the last picture, is that the numerals on the dial are very slightly different in places.