Geeeyejo Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Been looking at these for some time now and picked one up on my last trip to china town on Canal Street - day after the big bust last week and few merchants were open for business. Paid $80 - auto movemwnt with working power reserve. HUGE watch at 46mmx53 mm & 155 grams! Came on the OEM black rubber strap - I fabricated a home made Ostrich strap lined with green lamb skin - like it much better on this watch... Seems most folks eithe love or hate the B&R - what do you think? Next to my Pam 127 (Fiddy) & 111 for reference On home made strap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Nice purchase and good deal, congrats! Personally, I love the B&R -- even if 46mm square is definitely too large for my wrist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeeyejo Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Thanks - gets alot of wrist time lately - seemed the only way to go after the Pam 127 - you get used to the big watches and they get addictive - kinda hard to put back on my Gen Omega SMP at 40mm , lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc savage Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I was bargaining with one of the Canal Street guys for a BR01, he wouldn't go any lower than $80. I told him the guy three stalls back was willing to sell it for $40, he says "Yeah but all my watches have Swiss movements, so they cost more." Hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeeyejo Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 The prior day I might have been dealing with the same guy - it was the day of the big raid and only two stores were open - guy wouldn't go lower than $80 (started at $120) for the BR01-97 - went to another booth following day and scored it for $60. Not a bad place if you know the accuracy & quality you are looking for on specific models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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