My only remaining Breitling.
After me falling out of love with the Breitling I’ve now found my passion for them again. Can’t seem to find a show thread so I’d thought I would try and ignite everyone’s passion again.
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Love my Avenger Hurricane 45mm, hard as nails and light as a feather
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Love all the different functions of my B1
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The more ‘instruments’ or ‘tools’ the Breitling is, the better it looks to me. My all time favourite Breitling is the Blackbird from 2004. I’ve never owned one, I would like to, all that followed it with that subdued finish have appealed to me on one level or another.
Only the two:
Here’s mine
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I totally regret selling this vintage Breitling...
Another steelfish
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Old style SteelFish was extremely popular watch back in the day. I wonder why they discontinued it. I thought it was a good seller.
While the successor (ref A17392D8.C910.211S) was a nice watch somehow I always felt it was a huge downgrade. The dial was less interesting... I like the concentric circles on the old version.
just the one,
I think this was my first purchase in 1997-ish since buying a GMT-Master in '81.............
Great for world travel and so light (75gm?), but titanium bracelet marks quite easily.
My only one, but a great way of diversifying a mechanical watch collection.
Still love it
Dave
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first " proper" watch a 2006 super ocean , still in my collection
Over the years i have always had a bit of a soft spot for Breitlings, my first was a hand winding Top Time for my 21st unfortunately i sold it broken long before i realised its true worth.
My second was a Superocean which was around the time i joined here.
This i traded with a member on here for my third a Chronomat.
and then i traded that for my fourth and current an Avenger Seawolf II.
I do have a urge for a B1 powered Chrono or even possibly a Navitimer but that will have to wait.
I don’t currently have one but a Breitling was my first expensive watch purchase... my gateway if you will. Not my picture but was this
I’ve also had this
And this
I always fancied a Headwind and a Steelfish.
That’s rather like the one I had only on a black strap
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I must wear it again soon!
Vintage and modern...
Cheers,
Neil.
Had a few (the coral one twice):
Currently, this one is looking like a long-termer.
Navitimer 125th Anniversary.
My 0816.
Well beaten up.
Worn with much love.
One of my better posts. Two arses for the price of one.
I appear within that issue of Mayfair; my cronies always say that they have never seen so many tits on one page.
Apolpogies for dragging this thread down to my level.
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During my Riley driving days, Neil. I only ever bought Mayfair for the classic car content........
Thought I was on the wrong part of the forum for a minute.
Back on theme - still a big fan of the aerospace.
Actually, The Breitling Appreciation Thread runs to 26 pages, so is a bit hard to miss!
However, since I'm here I'll play...
I'm a big Breitling fan, having owned 5 of which three remain in my collection.
The first was this Breitling SuperOcean Steelfish X-Plus, which was my first £1k-plus watch purchase. A shame that it turned out to be a fake...
Next was a Skyland Avenger, bought from a forum member via Sales Corner, which is still with me.
The third was my yellow dial Avenger Seawolf II, also bought through this forum and also still in my watch box.
No. 4 was this Navitimer World, bought new from a dealer in Italy and again, a permanent fixture for me.
The final Breitling I bought turned out to be the only one I didn't enjoy. The Aerospace Avantage is something of a forum darling and when I saw this one advertised by an Austrian dealer on Chrono24 I felt I had to have it. Unfortunately for me the reality just didn't match up to the hype, so it went.
Simon
Really need to add a yellow Seawolf to the collection!
My gorgeous new daily wearer
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Great photos. This is my favourite pic of mine
https://i.imgur.com/VSxPYKj.jpg
Simon
Miss this one, was a great one watch other than the WR, but didn’t fit well into a rotation with the fiddly date. First world problem!
Love the yellow seawolf photos every time they crop up - then google the thickness..
I really really need to get a battery in this
Going somewhat off topic, but I have a bit of a collection of gentleman's relaxation pamphlets from the 60's and 70's, and I have to say that they are about as erotic as an average knitting pattern. If I'd not looked through them I'd not believe it, but having done so I'd be a lot more convinced by someone that said they'd bought them for the motoring content than someone that claims they bought them for the titillation.
Back on topic, does anyone have a Cosmonaute? I've always fancied a 24 hour dial.