jdkno Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) Ok we all know that rep Brietling dive straps exist. I have seen them on the bay in various colors such as white and yellow, and I have seen them in both black and blue as well. They usually have crappy looking buckes and the writing is shorter compared to the width of the strap. Now I purchsed what I believe to be a gen rubber strap off the bay but now after looking through pictures of people here who have a diver strap on their watch as well as other pictures of gen straps for sale on ebay I am starting to wonder if I just got a very good rep of the strap. Here are a few of the differences I can see on mine vs the gen. 1.) Breitling logo on buckle is raised instead of recessed, logo is very clean and looks great however other than this one I have yet to see one with a raised logo. 2.) Breitling letters don't seem deep enough. In other words the lettering sticks up from the band maybe 1/16" 3.) Hard to describe but if you look at how the end of the strap is finished off compared to a gen strap there is a difference. Now this strap does have the diagonal lines on the back side of the strap, it also has "caoutchouc" on the back side of the keeper and it also has 22-20 with 120S under it at the lug end of both straps. See the pics below to see what I am talking about as far as the raised B Logo on the buckle and the way the end of the strap is finished off. I could not get a decent picture showing the depth of the lettering. Please forgive the crappy photos they are the best I could do with a cameraphone at work. Edited February 20, 2008 by jdkno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 The raised Breitling logo on the buckle is the newest version of the genuine. Maybe they have altered the rest of the strap also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2222 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 this is brand new strap from AD with Ti buckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 this is brand new strap from AD with Ti buckle. So the new buckle you posted also has the raised "B" logo. How does the other end look? Does it look like the end I posted? Also how deep is the lettering, mine seems very shallow compared to all the other pics I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithdj10 Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'm looking to either a rep or gen blue diver strap 20/22mm for a superocean. I've also posted this in the relevant section, but just thought worth mentioning here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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