Bentley 6.75 Questions

[Journeyman]

Hi,

I'm very new to the rep world so please excuse what may seem like dumb questions.

I've searched through the various forum posts on the Bentley 6.75 but can't find any recent posts, so hopefully someone out there will be be able to help

I'm interested in a white dial 6.75 with a 7750 clone, I've had a look at Andrews and Angus's offerings and the one from Angus seems the better rep.

So here's my questions, has anyone bought one recently? What are they like as far as quality and feel, I've also seen a couple of posts saying that the watch dies after 3 months because of how the movement is configured, is this true or have people just been unlucky. Also will the rep accept a genuine bezel as the hob nailing on the rep bezel isn't as deep as on the gen.

My plan is, I've got a gen bezel and strap and the potentially send to the chief tang, if he still does AR.

If anyone has pictures of there's, please could you post them.

Thanks

Edited April 30, 2014 by Journeyman

[Breitluc]

Angus doesn't have it in stock at the moment. I contacted him about a 6.75 last week.

 

As for Andrew's version vs. Angus's version, I believe their the same

[Journeyman]

Hi Lucnijhuis,

 

Thanks for the update, do you know whether Andrew has it in stock or you hanging on till Angus has them?

 

Sorry got that the wrong way round its Andrews that looks slightly better than the one from Angus.

 

I was just looking at the QC pictures on both sites and Andrew's doesn't have "Swiss Made" on the 6 o'clock position as per the Gen.

 

I'm curious about the quality and finish though.

 

I've got a couple of rep Rolex's and they're getting pretty good, I just wondered how the Breitling compares.

[Breitluc]

Kinda waiting for angus, he's my regular dealer. But you could email Andrew for a stock check.

 

As for the difference in quality... I don't know, never had a 6.75 before. Ow and you get a reply from Andrew let me know!

[chronoluvvv]

from what i remember, they're out of production

 

and Chieftang has stopped A/R runs a few years back

 

other than that, the movement is as good/bad as the rest and i like mine very much

[Journeyman]

Thanks Chronoluv, I'm waiting to hear from a TD, do you know anyone else that does AR?

[chronoluvvv]

from what i hear Vac is the A/R whiz to go to within CONUS

and seems to be working in close conjunction with ChiefTang

 

As a perpetual 6.75 fan i'd suggest you abandon this 6.75 franken project and look at the Super Avenger instead

[Journeyman]

I got mail from Andrew, they're no longer in production, so it looks like chrono is right.

 

I've already got a few gen Breitlings, a Chrono-matic, B1 and a Super Avenger, there was a 6.75 hole in my box to be filled but I guess other than finding one in M2M it'll stay vacant.

[Journeyman]

Sorry Chrono, probably a stupid question, how do you contact vac as I may want something else AR'd.

 

Thanks

[chronoluvvv]

Sorry Chrono, probably a stupid question, how do you contact vac as I may want something else AR'd.

 

Thanks

 

i have never dealt with him but he's active on RepGeek and seems to respond to email

[MLinNYinHD]

Hey op The b4b 6.75 is one of my ally time favorite watches still own gen one rep and one rep project, but for many reason the reps aren't great..

Ill try to explain quixk but basically they are the ford Broncos of the suv world. They are still nice and very cool but not anywhere on the Same level as a say a brand new explorer is or a ford edge crossover. Still nice but for our SUV dollars we are better off getting a newer platform SUV ie explorer or a more efficient car based platformed edge.

So if u absolutely love and must have a bronco go for it and that's same advice I say for b4b6.75

They are an old rep and originals factory stopped making them years ago (reps of

These started around 07,08ish)

But since the casing and rep blueprints have been sold

And are back in production by a different factory. Basically another factory repped the original rep. But the first version was the best and only one with correct caseback

The 6.75 is still sadly however the best of the bentley full size reps which is now almost a vintage model.

but that's like saying they r the hottest fat chicks and they happen to still be one of the most expensive rep lines at 400 bux for a low quality primitive running automatic asian chrono

o. Originally uses an eta2892 based chrono which is a more expensive and complicated elaborate gl chrono movement using an i house propriety org module not necessarily better than 7750 chronos but in the rep world not great because china usually doesn't copy a movement made exclusively for a few models unless it's like a rolex but not even as the cost of creating the movement is crazy high and not worth it. For some reasons I have notiixed this and it is not a stated fact but one that happens to be true IMO is that if fthe rep being made doesn't have a movement the the factories already have or can copy easily the factories give up trying to even make a so called 1:1 rep as they know that if the movement won't be 1:1 and is always gonna be a huge flaw that other flaws by default won't be worth it in terms if cost in fixing it. Also the Chinese like to and seem to insist on correct functionality ie if a chrono timer is 60 second that's what rep will say even though gen will say something else they'd rather

The watch be labeled correctly as per to the specific until rather than to original this also applied to quartz chronograph dial labeling for example most gens are going to use auto chronos and they r going to function. Differently in their quartz replicas but the dial texts I'll be labeled correctly for the user if the watch regardless if why the gen dial says or how it's supposed to function

in the dial is going to be different than an automatic chrono watch functions that suto watches to function

SORRY IF TEXT IS ILLEGIBLE IM TIRED SND CANT PROOFREAD

So since a 6.75 has chronos that function like gen and are labeled like gen. Their is noprinlems their but the movement is different so that caused the main flaws I am sure u saw

lThe cost of ownership is even higher than the 400 price tag as the movement is 50 percent likely (my guess)! to require a service to keep it going and most watxh smiths have never even encountered the rare shanghai built movement (and 50% if the time will break it anyway) and it is absolutely impossible to source. So your question as far as Modding it is very difficult as well and no one has advertised even trying. An that is probably because the major flaws will mostly remain just as big of flaws and with a cost of 1k on average for a gen sp

eed bracelet alone and say 3k to buy a gen dial crystal tachymeter n bezel K1 tells generally just as bit if tells ( I actually did it n won't finish) abut to fix major tells u need a gen tachymeter, and bezel for the Slide rule which is nearly impossibly to mount it. For 4k u can buy a used gen so not even close to being worth it

SAYINF ALL THAT 99 percent of people WILL NOT KNOW ITS A REP RIGHT IUT IF THE BIX EVEN GEN OWNERS UNLESS MAY LBE SIDE BY SIDE

BUYY THE BENTLEY GT IF YOU CAN AS CHEAPER AND IMO VETTER REP silix has it and kuvarsit can get it

[MLinNYinHD]

Reps n gems