Breitling Skyland Small Review!

[windyzz]

Hey As you all know my Skyland has arrived on monday morning here in Sydney , and after a few close look I decided to do some small review.

First of all, this watch has great overall quality in case, bracelet, dial, and especially the AR.

There are some quality issue that give away in the V2 model :

1. Lume dot - Fortunately in my skyland, only one lume dot(5) that is place way out of the circle.

1, 3, 4, and 6 lume dots are not perfect too as you can see in the picture below

Other then that they are perfect

2. I think the Arabic Numeral is bit to bold/embossed in the rep compare to the gen that resulted in some slope effect in some lightning condition

3. Number 7 is to close to the lume dot, and number 11 is a little bit to close to the sub-dial comparing to the Gen here

[My skyland]

[someone skyland from watchusseek forums]-Gen Picture for reference!

4. Bezel market is almost 100% correct (Pearl is nicely done too)

5. Lume are not the best out there. My Chopard Mille miglia GMT has stronger lume, I said about the same as the Porche Desig, but the lume stay pretty long.

6. The movement rotor is plain[Not engraved] - but luckily its not transparent back so its okay

Out of all that small give away, everything else is perfect and nicely done.

I did some weight measurement and it weight 234 grams including all the spare bracelet pieces, and it feels so *Heavy* in my wrist!.

The etched "B" symbol, and the Breitling logo in the clasp is nicely done here

They also did an effort by engraving in the back of the bracelet near the lug with some sort of serial number.

The Crystal and AR are AWESOME! Even outdoor with direct sunlight, all you can see is the dial with no crystal at all. I would compare this AR with my Navitimer( currently with k2222 )AR once it come back. Date font is Great, crisp and feel like gen. The pusher for reseting and starting the chrono feels great!

Summery:

Pros:

- Good quality case

- Awesome AR

- Crisp dial

- Awesome Date font

- Good engraving

Cons:

- Inconsistent Lume dot

- Numeral a little to bold/emboss

- Bezel is almost 100% correct

- Lume aren't that strong in my Skyland

- Fingerprints

Overally its GREATT , and I would highly recommend this watch for anyone, even for small wrist it look Great in hand!

Thanks For Reading

Regards

Windyzz..

Edited July 30, 2008 by windyzz

[paulw]

Thanks for the review, very helpful.

Sounds like the problems can be sorted by a visit to Master Ziggy.

[geestyleed]

thanks for your Review!

I'm looking also for a Skyland / Avenger - sth. in this Breitling Area and I think that the Skyland is the best one. The numerals and the dials are adequate for this beautiful watch!

[b16a2]

Nice review, it is quite possibly the best rep we have seen yet!

[MimiSars]

Darn it thought the V2 was perfect rep. Hopefully a V3 comes out soon. Thanks for the review, this just saved me money.

[b16a2]

Darn it thought the V2 was perfect rep. Hopefully a V3 comes out soon. Thanks for the review, this just saved me money.

If you want any better you'll have to buy the genuine. This is as good as it gets. They aren't flaws per se, just minor 'QC' problems, which you will encounter regardless of what version you buy! There is no such thing as a perfect replica. This is as close to perfect as I think we will see, Il eat my hat if I'm wrong

[rocky78]

Great review and perfect Skyland!! Congrats!