Breitling model recs?

[Arkbro81]

Hey everyone, I'm new to the board (and rep watches), and first of all want to thank everyone for all the great information on here. I've spent the last week after joining looking through old posts trying to do as much reading as possible.

From looking at watches in general I absolutely love the look of Breitling, which leads me to my question. To those of you who own them or own multiple Breitlings, which ones are your favorites or ones that you would you personally recommend to someone who doesn't own any? I'm not asking about where to buy them or TD's because I've spent days reading posts about that, I'm asking about the rep watch models themselves. Probably the most I'd want to spend on an individual watch is around $400-$450. That's what got me into researching reps in general because I'm thinking I can get a LOT more options in reps than spending 10 grand on one gen.

I love big watches, they fit my arm better in my opinion, and I just love the look of them. The watch I've had for years is an Invicta Subaqua metal band I bought specifically for the size (and it was on clearance), but I'm tired of it and think it's time for me to upgrade to a "big boy" watch. So any recs close to that size (I think it's 50mm) would be great, or if you have any recs of larger watches made by other manufacturers that would be awesome too.

I'm asking ya'll because I live in a pretty rural area, and from what I've seen online, I think the closest AD for me to actually try on a Breitling is about two hours away. But anyways I'll end this novel of a post, I'm excited to be getting into reps and having found this board, and thanks again for all the great info!

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[happyhour82]

Well, 

 

Tough question and depends vary much on what you like.  I am relatively new to Reps but love watches and I love Breitling's.  I am a sucker for the Datora, Navi's and Superoceans but that is just my style.  However, these havent been redone for a while and have some big flaws.  However, they are still beautiful.  

 

Nevertheless, there are several great Reps and some that are "big".  Check site below.  

 

From what I have heard and seen there are flaws in each Rep (which is why they are Reps).  

 

Check out 

http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/144449-first-best-rep-breitling-to-buy-recommend/

 

Cheers and good luck Mate.

[Arkbro81]

Thanks a lot for the link! That definitely helps. I wasn't necessarily looking for people to say "buy this watch" but more looking for personal experiences like "I bought this and it wasn't at all what I expected" or "it was exactly or more than what I expected." I've read some posts where people say they liked the watch in the picture but they got it and the bracelet felt really flimsy, or problems with the bezel and things like that. You go to the dealer sites and there are sooo many watches, I was just looking for a way to kinda narrow it down. I read on one post, I can't remember in what subsection, but they said to look at the "date added" on the product page to get an idea if it's a newer or older model, but like you said, some of them have post dates of 08 and 09 with no newer models on them. Thanks again for your reply and the link! I hadn't seen that post.

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[trevsdad]

I've gotta Navi and a Skyland Avenger that I can't stop wearing. It's 45mm which is plenty big for me but if you've been dragging around a subaqua, you'd probably appreciate the Super Avenger at 4mm.

[Arkbro81]

Thanks man, The Super Avenger is what I ended up ordering from Trusty Time, he sent QC pics to me yesterday and the watch looked good to me (I honestly had no idea what I was looking for) but I guess it should be shipping out any day now.

[436NR]

I too am a big Breitling fan. I have a gen Datora and it's a real beauty. None of the reps come close with those models. I had a rep Datora and side by side it wasn't even close. The AR is poor. As for reps, I prefer the Avenger series. Those are closer to their gens.

You may want to take a peek at Graham as well.

You're going to like the Super Avenger!

[hansmeier]

I'm pretty sure you'll like your Super Avenger very much! The Avenger series is very close to the gens - very solid build & feeling, strong blue AR, good lume etc.

I have a this Breitlings: Skyland Avenger, Seawolf, Superocean Abyss Chrono, Chronomat Evolution, Chronomat B01, Navitimer, Montbrilliant - as already mentioned Navitimer and Montbrilliant have the most flaws, the Chronomat are very decent, and the Avenger series and the Superocean are top notch reps.

[hansmeier]

Some pics...

[Arkbro81]

Those are awesome looking watches, I definitely like that first one a lot. These are the photos he sent of the one I'm getting, can anyone see anything that stands out as bad? Like I said I didn't really know what I was looking at but it looked good to me.

[hansmeier]

Looking ok to me...

Datewheel is centered, bezel and pearl are centered, all lume dots are here and also centered, nothing seems crooked...

Maybe someone with eagle eyes can chime in and have a look?

[ceocorona]

I would accept that rep. One of the best things about the Brietling reps are how accurate they are out of the box. 

[Arkbro81]

Well, my Super Avenger came in today and I'm totally impressed with it, the weight and feel of it (besides the bracelet) is amazing, but I read other people say the bracelets weren't that great so I expected that. Thanks for all the replies and help guys. Already looking for what to order next, I think this could develop into a problem for me haha. Thanks again!